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看了今天联邦银行的市场干预措施，还有降息的可能呢。（Aug. 17, 2007)* d# @* |6 X* k$ Q; x. ^" f# d
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/ u2 r8 q3 o1 t. V( Z7 @In response to the economic uncertainty, the Fed made the unexpected move of approving a half-percentage point cut in its discount rate on loans to banks before trading began。The Fed decision sent the loonie surging 1.22 cents to 94.22 cents US -- after running as high as 94.74 cents US -- as the greenback weakened.
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Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index was ahead 111.84 points to 12,960.54 after jumping almost 400 points -- still in positive territory for the year after a 200.06-point slide Thursday wiped out the TSX's gains for the year so far. : H- p4 t+ _" T. M
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On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials came down from a 322-point advance but were ahead 120.06 points at late morning at 12,965.84.
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' m4 y% c$ s. e+ wThe Fed decision means the discount rate -- the interest rate that it charges to make direct loans to banks -- will be lowered to 5.75 per cent, down from 6.25 per cent. # U. y# `6 z5 }8 c/ m+ f- N
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The Fed did not change its target for the more important federal funds rate, which has remained at 5.25 per cent for more than a year.
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8 T$ H% h) _" q1 O! U3 B: _* B"In many ways, when you deal with a sick person, cutting the discount rate is holding their hand; cutting the Fed funds rate is giving them medicine'' John Johnston, chief strategist at The Harbour Group at RBC Dominion securities, told The Canadian Press.* [- n$ l/ T$ M# F: `, }1 p& p
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http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070817%2fstock_markets_070817 |
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