“The Bernanke put is very much alive and well,” notes David Zervos of Jefferies, an investment bank, who says the Fed is determined to reflate the economy.

“伯南克看跌期权的形容十分生动形象”杰弗瑞投资银行的戴维德•泽尔沃斯这样写道，他认为联储正决心使经济再次陷入通货膨胀。

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David Owen, an economist at Jefferies International, notes that Portuguese and Irish Banks have pushed up deposit rates in recent months in an attempt to dissuade savers from withdrawing their money.

大卫·欧文是杰富瑞集团的一名经济分析师，他表示，葡萄牙和爱尔兰的银行已在近几月内将上调存款利率，以挽留投资者抛售他们的资金。

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David Zervos from Jefferies Global Securities says many Americans regard the Euro with distaste.

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In Britain the annual growth rate is higher (6.4% in December), but David Owen, an economist at Jefferies International, estimates that quantitative easing (QE), whereby central banks create money to buy assets, has been boosting the figure by an annualised rate of 10%.

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Before the results of the referendum were in, David Owen, managing director and chief European financial economist for Jefferies International, said Friday that a "no" vote from Ireland would be "bad news" for the wider eurozone, where some countries are already struggling with recession.

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