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兩周內第二次降息，將啟動7000億美金的量化寬鬆操作

“The effects of the coronavirus will weigh on economic activity in the near
term and pose risks to the economic outlook. In light of these developments,
the Committee decided to lower the target range,” the Fed said.
「冠狀病毒已經拖累了近期的經濟活動，並對經濟展望造成風險。聯準會理事因此決議降
息。」

“The Committee expects to maintain this target range until it is confident
that the economy has weathered recent events and is on track to achieve its
maximum employment and price stability goals,”
「聯準會將維持當前利率水準直到經濟承受住近期事件，並對達成就業率最大化以及穩定
物價的目標有信心。」

Facing highly disrupted financial markets, the Fed also slashed the rate of
emergency lending at the discount window for banks by 125 bps to 0.25%, and
lengthened the term of loans to 90 days.
央行對銀行的貼現窗口利率降低5碼至0.25%，借貸期間延長至90天。

The Fed also cut reserve requirement ratios for thousands of banks to zero.
數千家銀行的準備金比率也被調低至0。

In addition, in a global coordinated move by centrals banks, the Fed said the
Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central
Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank took action to enhance
dollar liquidity around the world through existing dollar swap arrangements.
加拿大、英國、日本、瑞士及歐盟央行將透過現有的美金掉期合約促進美金流動性

The quantitative easing will take the form of $500 billion of Treasurys and
$200 billion of agency-backed mortgage securities. The Fed said the purchases
will begin Monday with a $40 billion installment.
量化寬鬆將購入$5000億國庫券及$2000億房貸抵押證券，由周一的400億美金購入開始。

CNBC: https://reurl.cc/D96okO

Reuters: https://reurl.cc/4RmWeY


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