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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); D6 `& C; Z, [, c8 b
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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.3 E! |. @3 N# B) K# x+ y& O( j6 z
+ X2 |1 m# Y; W5 @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. / |. ^% B, t# z
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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 12,965.84.8 X' ?( X7 \6 O$ X
/ H M6 T- q6 v# g+ ^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! K0 K0 N1 z/ n& }) b
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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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. B0 ~0 F( E) u6 R"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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