-- 週三收盤前,由於市場擔憂伊朗戰爭看不到盡頭,原油期貨和政府公債殖利率上漲,美國股市指數下跌。 聯邦公開市場委員會在政策會議上維持目標利率不變,但據報道,會議結果公佈後,反對票數創下1992年以來的最高水準。聯準會主席鮑威爾在會後記者會上表示,他「至少」會繼續擔任行長,直到聯準會面臨的法律挑戰得到解決。 權重股Alphabet(GOOG,GOOGL)、亞馬遜(AMZN)、Meta Platforms(META)和微軟(MSFT)將在盤後公佈季度財報,投資者正等待這些超大規模數據中心運營商的最新資本支出計劃,這加劇了市場的緊張情緒。 道瓊工業指數下跌0.6%,收在48,860.1點;標準普爾500指數下跌0.1%,收在7,129.2點。那斯達克指數下跌0.1%,收在24,639.5點。 據《華爾街日報》報道,美國官員透露,唐納德·川普總統已指示助手準備對伊朗實施長期封鎖。報導稱,在最近的幾次會議上,包括週一在戰情室的討論,川普選擇繼續透過阻止進出伊朗港口的船隻來打壓伊朗的經濟和石油出口。 由於擔心川普的政策將延長霍爾木茲海峽的混亂局面,西德州中質原油期貨價格上漲8.2%,至每桶108.15美元;布蘭特原油期貨價格飆升7.8%,至每桶119.97美元。霍爾木茲海峽是全球20%原油運輸的咽喉要道。 聯邦公開市場委員會(FOMC)週三晚間發布的聲明顯示,該委員會維持利率目標在3.50%至3.75%不變,符合預期,但有四名官員投了反對票。 聯準會理事史蒂芬米蘭再次尋求將利率維持在25個基點。克利夫蘭聯邦儲備銀行主席貝絲·哈馬克、明尼阿波利斯聯邦儲備銀行主席尼爾·卡什卡利和達拉斯聯邦儲備銀行主席洛里·洛根支持維持利率不變,但聲明稱「目前不支持在聲明中加入寬鬆傾向」。 聯準會主席鮑威爾表示,他將在下個月主席任期結束後繼續擔任聯準會理事。鮑威爾的理事任期將於2028年1月結束,但他可能會提前離職。 “我會一直留任,直到我認為合適的時機離開。”
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