In a week when Ireland announced that its economy contracted in the second quarter and the price of gold hit a record high, it is perhaps not surprising that markets have taken a skittish turn. News that both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have become more open to the possibility of taking further action to sustain the recovery – most likely in the form of fresh quantitative easing (QE) – has not lightened the mood.
本周,愛爾蘭宣布該國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)第二季度出現(xiàn)萎縮,黃金價(jià)格則創(chuàng)下歷史新高。在這種情況下,市場(chǎng)如驚弓之鳥般掉頭下行,或許并不令人感到意外。有消息稱,美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)(Fed)和英國(guó)央行(BoE)都越來越傾向于采取進(jìn)一步行動(dòng)——很可能是以啟動(dòng)新一輪定量寬松的形式——以維系經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇,但這并未緩解市場(chǎng)的不安情緒。