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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)
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, o& B/ c7 w. @2 J7 ?+ Z* l- F- ?1 ^8 GIn 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.$ o4 }' I; O! g& o; ?& E: b4 V, @9 P
; D: t. a! y" d, H1 W4 }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.
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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." ]( I1 W( k) A; b9 H& ^" `2 h9 R
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The 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. ) b" }* \2 q) N9 ]( P
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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. & P0 c/ B' o# @' s7 p8 ~
2 O7 g- V2 C3 ]2 h1 ^/ e+ f) ?"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.
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