美股三大指數向下,標普500指數和納斯達克指數連挫4日,前者正式跌穿50天移動平均線,是5個月以來首次,道瓊斯指數8天內7天報跌,包括英偉達等晶片股拖累大市。有調查顯示,交易員對市場看好的程度已達到2022年1月,即股市上次大調整之前的最高點。美國財長耶倫承認日韓等盟友對本幣貶值表示擔憂,美元轉弱,美匯指數回落至106以下,油價大幅回吐3%,金價亦跌近1%,近乎抹去上日升幅。比特幣自3月5日以來首次跌破6萬美元,投資者等待定於本週五發生的第四次「減半」,至美東時間下午4時,回升至6.1萬美元水平。
The Fed is aiming to avoid a repeat of the double inflation episode that rocked the 1970s and early 1980s.
Facing a "bumpy" path to 2% inflation, Jay Powell and the Fed don't have much in the way of historical precedent to work with. Cut cycles aren't the same as they used to be.