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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)% b+ S4 K3 ?- B7 ?
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9 |$ |7 E" [$ N' cIn 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+ c7 T5 y& f5 ?
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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.& T% i% `& Z2 R2 N+ T5 K
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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. 6 B. Z% j; ]+ a# o/ A& k. }: j( g
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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. 6 k3 ?0 i b) P+ Y5 H7 m
+ F9 f% L6 r8 N/ P, n"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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