<P><FONT size=3>财经时事和本版上还没有报道昨日美联储的消息，正好听到有的论友说在国内不容易找到国际上财经评论，所以转粘几条：（来源：彭博，路透）<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>美联储的<FONT face="Times New Roman">05/09</FONT>公告：<FONT face="Times New Roman">The Fed's Open Market Committee yesterday repeated its assessment from March 21 that persistent inflation remains the ``predominant policy concern.'' The central bank held its main interest rate at 5.25 percent, the level it's been at since June.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>专家评论：<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics, ``He is earning, in his own way, his inflation-fighting stripes,'' … The statement ``is a clear signal the bias in policy is to worry more about inflation than recession,''<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial Inc: ``They didn't leave the markets much to be confused about,'' … ``I think they were a bit surprised at the reaction last time and wanted to leave little for debate. Inflation has been and continues to be their primary concern.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>James O'Sullivan, senior economist at UBS Securities LLC: ``The implication is they don't expect growth as weak as the first quarter to continue,'' … ``The tone of the statement didn't really change. They are signaling they are on hold pending more clarity in the data.''<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>(The <st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> economy expanded at a 1.3 percent annual rate last quarter)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics: ``The FOMC is looking at an inability or discomfort in cutting interest rates unless the unemployment rate is rising and manufacturing weakens further.  We don't see either of those two things just yet.''<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>市场表现：<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>债券：<FONT face="Times New Roman">Investors have postponed their expectations for a rate cut to the final three months of the year, from the third quarter immediately following the March meeting. Two-year note yields rose 6 basis points yesterday, to 4.73 percent.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>股票：（一个图胜过百个字，附图）<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>An expert on technical analysis provided the following comments:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P ><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>After an expected lacklustre session, initial erosion post the Fed announcement has hinted at bullish exhaustion finally taking hold. Wrong! The subsequent rebound to push most averages to new cycle highs and the DJIA to a new record level has underscored an ongoing willingness to ignore short term momentum over extension. We will continue to highlight the potential for upside fatigue but remain ardent Q2 bulls and cannot advocate fighting the current price action.</FONT></P>
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