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\u6b63\u7387\u9886\u4fdd\u5b88\u515a\u7ade\u9009\u8fde\u4efb\u7684\u54c8\u73c0\u8ba4\u4e3a\uff0c\u4e16\u754c\u7ecf\u6d4e\u6216\u4f1a\u906d\u9022\u66f4\u5927\u56f0\u96be\uff0c\u4f46\u65e0\u8bba\u4ece\u623f\u5730\u4ea7\u3001\u653f\u5e9c\u8d22\u653f\u6216\u91d1\u878d\u90e8\u95e8\u6765\u770b\uff0c\u52a0\u56fd\u7ecf\u6d4e\u4f53\u8d28\u5065\u5168\uff0c\u5e94\u4e0d\u81f4\u51fa\u73b0\u4e0e\u7f8e\u56fd\u540c\u6837\u7684\u60c5\u51b5\u3002 <\/p>\n
\u54c8\u73c0\u4e5f\u8d81\u673a\u6279\u5224\u6700\u5927\u53cd\u5bf9\u515a\u81ea\u7531\u515a\u515a\u9b41\u72c4\u5b89\u5728\u8fd9\u6b21\u5927\u9009\u4e2d\u4e3b\u6253\u7684\u7eff\u8272\u8f6c\u53d8\u8ba1\u5212(Green Shift)\uff0c\u6307\u5176\u4e2d\u5f00\u5f81\u78b3\u7a0e\u7684\u4e3b\u5f20\u4e0d\u5408\u65f6\u5b9c\uff0c\u5728\u73b0\u4eca\u60c5\u52bf\u4e0b\uff0c\u653f\u5e9c\u5e94\u8c28\u614e\u884c\u4e8b\uff0c\u907f\u514d\u5728\u5f81\u7a0e\u6216\u65b0\u652f\u51fa\u4e0a\u201c\u5192\u8fdb\u5b9e\u9a8c\u201d\u3002 <\/p>\n
\u72c4\u5b89\u5219\u53cd\u9a73\u8bf4\uff0c\u4fdd\u5b88\u515a\u5728\u7ecf\u6d4e\u4e0a\u6beb\u65e0\u4f5c\u4e3a\uff0c\u4efb\u7531\u52a0\u56fd\u7ecf\u6d4e\u201c\u649e\u5899\u201d\uff0c\u54c8\u73c0\u4e0a\u53f0\u4e24\u5e74\u6765\uff0c\u52a0\u56fd\u7ecf\u6d4e\u6210\u957f\u7387\u5df2\u9000\u5c45\u516b\u5927\u5de5\u4e1a\u56fd\u4e4b\u672b\uff0c\u4ee5\u4eca\u5e74\u4e0a\u534a\u5e74\u4e3a\u4f8b\uff0c\u7f8e\u56fd\u7ecf\u6d4e\u95ee\u9898\u5c42\u51fa\u4e0d\u7a77\uff0c\u6210\u957f\u7387\u5374\u4ecd\u9ad8\u4e8e\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u3002 <\/p>\n
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That’s what we follow with caution.”<\/p>\n As a measure of how bad the Wall Street situation became, stock sellers dumped equity issues at an increasingly rapid pace as the day progressed. <\/p>\n As markets closed, the Dow Jones industrial index fell 4.4 per cent, or 500 points, and, in Canada, the TSX slid by 5.4 per cent, or 515 points. That represented the TSX’s second worst day of the year. <\/p>\n Some equity holders were initially concerned that other financial heavyweights, such as the insurance company American International Group Inc. and the country’s savings-and-loan Washington Mutual would follow Lehman into bankruptcy proceedings.<\/p>\n Other investors just decided that the turmoil of Monday combined with recent bad economic news was enough and they sold for peace of mind.<\/p>\n The markets were buoyed somewhat during the day by central bank intervention. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Canada, the Swiss central bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve all pledged more financial resources to allow ailing firms to cover shorter debt coming due earlier.<\/p>\n As well, a group of 10 financial institutions pledged a total of $70 billion US for firms seeking cash.<\/p>\n “These actions reflect the extraordinary market environment. The banks are committed to continuing to work closely with one another … to ensure the industry is doing everything it can to provide additional liquidity and assurance to our capital markets and banking system,” said the group in a press release late Sunday night.<\/p>\n Soothing Talk<\/p>\n Unlike central banks, however, North America’s political leaders took a more hands-off approach to Wall Street’s problems.<\/p>\n U.S. President George Bush talked about the ability of the country’s financial markets to recover on their own.<\/p>\n “In the short run, adjustments in the markets can be painful both for people who have investments and employees of affected companies. In the long run, I am confident that our capital markets are flexible and resilient and can adjust to these developments,” he said at the White House on Monday.<\/p>\n U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson went even further, saying Washington was not interesting in bailing out Lehman.<\/p>\n “I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers,” Paulson told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n Potential suitors for distressed Lehman were scared off in recent negotiations after Washington refused to offer guarantees to possible buyers.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, the federal government did extend public assistance to ailing Bear Stearns, a troubled brokerage firm that was eventually bought by J.P. Morgan Chase.<\/p>\n In Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered a similarly measured response to the global economic turmoil.<\/p>\n “I don’t think now that the atmosphere should turn to one of complete doom and gloom,\u201d he said in Ottawa. \u201cMy own belief is that if we were going to have some kind of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now.\u201d<\/p>\n Advisers said individual investors still need to have a strong financial plan \u2014 and stomach \u2014 to deal with recent ups-and-downs in the equity markets.<\/p>\n “Something [like this] happens every few years,” said Dimitri Mastoras, regional manager for BMO Retail Investments in Toronto. “It is how you react that’s important.”<\/p>\n Nervous markets<\/p>\n Still, that type of stolid attitude might not be long-lasting, either for policymakers or individuals.<\/p>\n Economy watchers are worried that the cataclysm in the financial world could wind up affecting the so-called real economy in terms of lower savings and incomes for individuals and slower GDP growth for the country.<\/p>\n “It’s clear we’re one step away from a financial meltdown,” said Nouriel Roubini, chairman of the consulting firm RGE Monitor.<\/p>\n Thus, Washington might be forced to get more involved if the problems in the investment sector keep growing, experts said.<\/p>\n After all, the underlying health of the economy might not be that important if investors believe the financial problems are growing.<\/p>\n “Just the psychological impact of this kind of failure is going to be significant. It will colour people’s feelings about their well-being and the integrity of the financial system.” said Samuel Hayes, finance professor emeritus at Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n Harper unfazed by market crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n Dion accuses Conservative Leader of leading Canada’s economy to a performance that lags even the troubled U.S.<\/p>\n BRIAN LAGHI and DANIEL LEBLANC AND CAMPBELL CLARK <\/p>\n Globe and Mail Update<\/p>\n September 15, 2008 at 6:59 PM EDT<\/p>\n OTTAWA and ST. JOHN’S \u2014 The American financial crisis has quickly reverberated on the campaign trail, with Conservative Leader Stephen Harper saying that the Canadian economy is surviving the turmoil and that fears of a recession are in the past.<\/p>\n \u201cI don’t think the atmosphere should turn to one of complete doom and gloom,\u201d Mr. Harper told reporters this morning as he kicked off the second week of the Conservative Party’s re-election campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cMy own belief is if we were going to have some kind of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now.\u201d<\/p>\n Later today, Mr. Harper took his fight for re-election to economically banged-up southern Ontario, aiming to wrest away seats he needs for his majority from local Liberals.<\/p>\n Mr. Harper warned a crowd of about 600 party faithful in London that Ontario would be particularly hard-hit by St\u00e9phane Dion’s Green Shift, saying the carbon tax portion of the policy would hurt Ontario’s manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n \u201cThe carbon tax will badly hurt the economy of Southwestern Ontario,\u201d Mr. Harper said.<\/p>\n But Mr. Harper may find himself with a challenge on that front, given the battering Ontario’s manufacturing industry has taken over the past few years. He was also reminded in a Liberal advertisement released to the media yesterday of remarks uttered by his finance minister, Jim Flaherty, who said earlier this year that, if he was advising international investors on where to put their money, Ontario would be the last place.<\/p>\n The speech took place in the riding of London North Centre, currently held by Liberal Glen Pearson. Southwestern Ontario is seen as ripe territory for potential growth, often voting Progressive Conservative before that party merged with the Canadian Alliance. There are currently two Liberals, one Tory and one NDP representing London.<\/p>\n Mr. Harper’s response to the collapse of a second large U.S. investment house Monday, and the opportunistic takeover of a third, comes as the Toronto stock market tumbled, the Canadian dollar continued to lose value and the price of oil closed below $100 U.S. a barrel for the first time in six months.<\/p>\n The TSX pared 515.55 points, as the demise of the Lehman Brothers brokerage and the sale of Merrill Lynch deepened worries about the U.S. economy and its impact around the world.<\/p>\n The Canadian market fell more than four per cent and is down 18.7 per cent from its most recent high June 18.<\/p>\n Mr. Harper said that, although there are significant problems in the United States, its economy is still resilient and not in recession.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn’t throw in the towel on any of this quite yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mr. Harper has pitched his party as the best-placed to handle turbulent economic waters, particularly in opposition to Liberal Leader St\u00e9phane Dion’s Green Shift, which includes a tax on carbon. However, his declaration that the fears of a recession are behind the country may somewhat undercut that argument.<\/p>\n Speaking in Ottawa, Mr. Harper used the U.S. financial crisis to argue that the ideas of his opponents are unworkable in the current climate.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not a time for wild experiments and new taxes or grand new spending schemes,\u201d he said. \u201cGovernments must be able to act with prudence during a difficult economic time.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Dion shot back by suggesting Mr. Harper has been a rudderless economic manager who spent on election-minded gimmicks but led Canada’s economy to a performance that lags even the troubled U.S.<\/p>\n Mr. Dion said the Liberal Green Shift would cut taxes on areas that would stimulate the economy \u2013 incomes, savings, and business profits.<\/p>\n \u201cThe difficulties in the United States are something that we worry about. But still, they are outperforming the economy of Canada today. Their first six months [of 2008] have been better than ours in terms of economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMr. Harper did nothing to prepare Canada [for] that. Nothing to invest in the productivity of our economy. Made bad choices regarding the way he spent \u2013 he spent more than any other government before him, but he built nothing,\u201d Mr. Dion said.<\/p>\n He said Canadian economic growth was slower than that in the U.S., and other G8 countries, in the first six months of 2008, and that Canada lost more jobs in July than in any month since 1991, when Brian Mulroney was prime minister.<\/p>\n He added later: \u201cAnd what is the plan of Stephen Harper, anyway? It’s the same mistakes that have been done under Mulroney. He spent a lot, he has no direction, and we are close to deficit and close to a recession.\u201d<\/p>\n NDP Leader Jack Layton pointed to the financial crisis as proof that Canada cannot follow in the footsteps of the United States, and cannot afford to elect a right-wing government.<\/p>\n \u201cEvents in the United States’ financial markets are a clear warning about what happens when government doesn’t do its job and deregulation goes too far. This is another example of why conservative governments are bad for the economy,\u201d Mr. Layton said.<\/p>\n William Robson, president of the C.D. Howe Institute, agreed with Mr. Harper that the Canadian economy remains relatively strong despite the economic turmoil south of the border. Still, Mr. Robson said the American financial crisis will certainly have an impact on Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cThey’re raining on our party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mr. Robson said he is encouraged that on the election trail, none of the major party leaders is promoting a return to deficits or opposing the Bank of Canada’s low inflation targets. He said it is a sign of a growing maturity on the Canadian political stage, pointing out that the situation will not have an immediate effect on people’s every day lives.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen things get rough, it’s the time to remember our long-term objectives,\u201d Mr. Robson said.<\/p>\n Before making his remarks, Mr. Harper announced a spending promise worth $147-million that would allow self-employed Canadians the opportunity to access maternity and parental benefits enjoyed by other wage earners who pay into the EI system.<\/p>\n \u201cIronically, self-employed Canadians who are successful and who create jobs must pay into the EI system on behalf on their employees, but cannot access those benefits themselves,\u201d Mr. Harper said. \u201cThis is not right.\u201d<\/p>\n Currently, self-employed Canadians cannot contribute to the Employment Insurance scheme and, thus, are not eligible to receive maternity benefits that other employees who do pay into the fund enjoy. Those Canadians eligible for maternity benefits and want to remove themselves from the work force to stay home with their newborns can receive a year’s worth of benefits at around 60 per cent of their salary.<\/p>\n There are currently 2.6-million Canadians who work for themselves in the country.<\/p>\n The program would be funded by premium payments. It is another in a series of tangible announcements that the Conservative began making during the last election. They include notions like help for apprentices, GST cuts and other pledges.<\/p>\n Asked if announcement was an effort to attract female voters, Mr. Harper said it was a policy to respond to a real need.<\/p>\n In St. John’s, Newfoundland, Mr. Dion unveiled a $250-million proposal for funding refits of fishing boats to make them more energy efficient, and argued that using less fuel will save them more as diesel-fuel costs rise than Mr. Harper’s proposal to cut diesel taxes by two cents a litre in four years.<\/p>\n The same approach will make Canadian businesses more competitive, especially if corporate and personal taxes are cut, fuelling savings and investment, he argued.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to cut taxes on the productive activities \u2013 on our income, savings, investments. On the investments the fishermen need to do to have good vessels \u2013 we need to cut taxes on that. And we need to shift it to pollution. And then it will be good for the economy because you will cut taxes on productive activities. It will be good for the environment because you out a price on pollution. As long as it is free, it will be difficult to reduce it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it will be good for the people, because we Liberals will cut taxes especially for middle and low-income Canadians. A family that is living with $20,000, they will receive $2400 of tax credits from the government.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Dion continues to be dogged by criticisms, even from within his own party, that his plan is not getting through to voters, who don’t understand it and fear it’s just another tax.<\/p>\n Monday, as he campaigned in St. John’s, John Efford, the federal natural resources minister in Paul Martin’s Liberal government, said most Newfoundlanders don’t get it, and are wary about being taxed more.<\/p>\n \u201cI can tell you the average person on the street doesn’t understand the carbon tax,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n Mr. Dion, however, insisted that it is good economics \u2013 and that Mr. Harper has focused on election-minded tidbits to attract voters. He didn’t specify what he was referring to, although Mr. Harper has brought in a series of narrowly-targeted tax credits he promised in the 2005-06 campaign, for tradespeople’s tools, kids sports programs, and bus passes.<\/p>\n \u201cStephen Harper is only concerned about the next day, the next poll, to show gimmicks to buy your vote for the next election. Never he’s concerned about the next generation,\u201d Mr. Dion said.<\/p>\n With a report from The Canadian Press <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u4e2d\u65b0\u7f519\u670816\u65e5\u7535 \u7f8e\u56fd\u6295\u8d44\u94f6\u884c\u96f7\u66fc\u5144\u5f1f\u516c\u53f8\u7533\u8bf7\u7834\u4ea7\uff0c\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u80a1\u5e02\u4e5f\u5e94\u58f0\u5012\u5730\uff0c\u591a\u4f26\u591a\u80a1\u5e02\u6307\u6570\u66b4\u8dcc\u4e94\u767e\u4e00\u5341\u4e94\u70b9\uff0c\u8ba9\u7ecf\u6d4e\u8bae\u9898\u518d\u6210\u4e3a\u52a0\u56fd\u8054\u90a6\u5927\u9009\u7684\u7126\u70b9\u3002\u4e0d\u8fc7\uff0c\u52a0\u56fd\u603b\u7406\u54c8\u73c0\u8868\u793a\uff0c\u52a0\u56fd\u7ecf\u6d4e\u6210\u957f\u6216\u4f1a\u8d70\u7f13\uff0c\u4f46\u65e0\u8bba\u52a0\u3001\u7f8e\u4e24\u56fd\uff0c\u90fd\u8fd8\u4e0d\u81f3\u4e8e\u6ca6\u5165\u7ecf\u6d4e\u8870\u9000\u7a98\u5883\u3002 \u636e\u201c\u4e2d\u592e\u793e\u201d\u62a5\u9053\uff0c\u54c8\u73c015\u65e5\u5728\u6e25\u592a\u534e\u4e00\u9879\u9009\u4e3e\u9020\u52bf\u6d3b\u52a8\u4e0a\u8868\u793a\uff0c\u9762…
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