Fed's rate cut timing a 'mistake' that 'undermined confidence'

美聯儲周二緊急降息50個基點以應對疫情，市場隨之反彈了約15分鐘。到週二收市時，股票仍大幅下跌，債券收益率跌至新低，這表明投資者認為美聯儲幾乎無力阻止冠狀病毒衝擊美國經濟。


timing 
noun [U]
1 the time when something happens:
"Have we arrived too early?" "No, your timing is perfect - dinner is almost ready."
The bomb contained a timing device set to make it go off at rush hour.

2 the ability to do something at exactly the right time:
To be a good tennis player, you have to have good timing.



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美聯儲於週二上午10點發布了一致通過的決定，減息0.5趴。美股最初因這一消息而跳漲，隨之而來的是急劇的下跌，道瓊斯工業平均指數在收盤時下跌了800多點。原因是美聯儲在例行會議之外的降息幅度超過了正常水平，使得美聯儲看起來就像股市散戶一樣恐慌失措。這一出人意料的舉動「倉促」且「未得到適當考慮」，他們其實並不需要如此激進。但在川普的壓力下，美聯儲對金融市場的錯誤反應，多過對整個經濟的錯誤反應。它沒有按金融市場預期來灌輸信心，反而破壞了信心。

The Federal Reserve was likely trying to boost confidence in the U.S. economy with its emergency rate cut of 50 basis points on Tuesday, but Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi contends the impromptu action had the opposite of its intended effect.

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Fed's rate cut timing a 'mistake' that 'undermined confidence': Moody's chief economistThe Federal Reserve was likely trying to boost confidence in the U.S. economy with its emergency rate cut of 50 basis points on Tuesday, but Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi contends the impromptu action had the opposite of its intended effect.