2001年5月15日,美国联邦储备委员会再次将联邦基金利率和贴现率分别下调0.5个百分点,以刺激经济增长,避免经济衰退。美联储的这一举措表明,美国经济仍未走出困境,经济降温已成不争的事实。 美国经济从2000年下半年开始的急剧降温有三大特点。第一是降温速度快,去年第二季度 On May 15, 2001, the Federal Reserve again lowered the federal funds rate and discount rate by 0.5 percentage point respectively to stimulate economic growth and avoid economic recession. This move by the Federal Reserve shows that the U.S. economy has yet to get out of its predicament and that economic cooling has become an indisputable fact. The rapid cooling of the U.S. economy from the second half of 2000 has three major characteristics. The first is the cooling rate, the second quarter of last year