去年11月的第一个星期,美国政府宣布了一揽子强硬措施,旨在制止美元价值在国际上无休止的下降趋势。华盛顿清楚地意识到,这些措施可能会引起经济衰退,特别是因为在计划采取的行动中有一项是用提高本来已经很高的利率的办法来吸引外国资本。可是,由于一直担心再一次经济衰退所造成的后果而长期不敢采取断然行动的美国政府,终于面临一种更大的危险:可能爆发一次世界性的金融大恐慌。《华尔街日报》在回顾政府过去对国际金融市场上美元长期螺旋 In the first week of November last year, the U.S. government announced a tough package of measures aimed at halting the worldwide downturn in the value of the U.S. dollar. Washington is well aware that these measures could cause a recession, especially because one of the planned actions is to attract foreign capital by raising the already high interest rates. However, the U.S. government, which has been afraid of taking a decisive action for so long as it has been worried about the consequences of another economic downturn, finally faces a greater danger that a worldwide financial panic may break out. The Wall Street Journal recalls the government’s spiral of long-term U.S. dollars in international financial markets