NEW YORK – Central banks on both sides of the Atlantic took extraordinary monetary-policy measures in September: the long awaited “QE3” (the third dose of quantitative easing by the United States Federal Reserve), and the European Central Bank’s announcement that it will purchase unlimited volumes of troubled eurozone members’ government bonds. Markets responded euphorically, with stock prices in the US, for example, reaching post-recession highs.
纽约—大西洋两岸的央行在9月份都采取了不同寻常的货币政策措施：让人们久等的“QE3”（美联储的第三轮量化宽松），以及欧洲央行宣布将无限量购买受困欧元区成员国的国债。市场对此反应热烈，比如，美国股市重新回到危机前的高点。