World market overview U.S.stocks steepened their declineTuesday(November 23,2010)after the Federal Reserve downgraded its US

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    U.S.stocks steepened their declineTuesday(November 23,2010)after the Federal Reserve downgraded its US economic projections in the minutes of its latest meeting,citing worse than exDeeted growth.The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 159 points,or 1.4%,to 11020 Tuesday.Markets had fallen earlier in the day after a skirmish between North Korea and South Korea
and as worries lingered over the stability of euro—zone debt.Stocks fell Tuesday after minutes showed central bank officials downgraded their assessment of the US economy at their last meetingthree weeks ago.
  The fed expects the economy to grow at a moderate pace next year.With unemployment staying disappointingly high and inflation uncomfortably low.The market may also be disappointed that eentral bank didn’t give more details about how it will evaluate and potentially adjust the scope of the$600 billion bond buying program it announced earlier this month.The market’s reaction to the program,known as quantitative easing or QE2 has been mixed,as some have worried the bond purchases could spur inflation.The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.6%to 2493.
    Meanwhile,investors continued to worry over the debt situation in the euro zone,where the focus is shifting to Portugal and Spain after Ireland agreed to a bailout package on Sunday.

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答案在最新的会议纪要中,美联储下调了美国经济的预测,理由是增长较预期差,随后(2010年11月23日)美国股市陡然下跌。周二道琼斯工业平均指数下跌了159点,或总体的1.4%,至11020。在朝鲜和韩国之间的一场遭遇战后,市场在当天早些时候就已经下降了,而且人们对于欧元区债务的稳定也忧心忡忡。周二会议纪要显示,在三个星期前的最后一次会议中,央行官员下调了对美国经济的评估,随后股市下跌了。 伴随着令人失望的高失业率和令人不安的低通货膨胀,美联储预计明年经济会稳步增长。市场也可能会萎靡不振。关于如何评估和尽可能调整6000亿美元的债券购买计划的范围,央行没有透露更多的细节,而这个计划在本月早些时候就宣布了。市场对该计划的反应,被称为定量宽松或QE2已经混合在一起。一些人担心债券购买可能会刺激通货膨胀。纳斯达克综合指数下跌1.6%至2493。 与此同时,投资者仍然担心欧元区债务状况。周日爱尔兰同意救市计划,随后人们的焦点转移到葡萄牙和西班牙。

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