A run on the dollar has killed off hopes of a rate cut.

对美元的挤兑使降息彻底无望了。

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With yesterday's 50 basis point interest rate cut, following last week's 75 point emergency reduction, we are certainly off to the monetary races.

在上周紧急降息75个基点之后，昨日美联储又降息50个基点。 这回轮到市场在这场货币纳斯卡赛车中落后了。

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Operators cut capital expenditure and offered unlimited, flat-rate plans, only to be caught out when demand finally took off.

运营商们消减资本支出和提供无限制固定收费计划，直到无线上网需求最终上升了，才意识到犯的错误。

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If a quick rate-cut touched off a renewed episode of inflation, it would be difficult for the Fed to rapidly reverse course.

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If the cut off date has passed, the room rate, and allotment of rooms has already been turned back into the hotel, and is no longer available.

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Starting off with a huge tax rate cut would deepen the 10-year hole by trillions of dollars.

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