Other regulators were watching, as were academics and journalists – and some regulators may now feel compelled to take over the money-market safety rules from the SEC or push the SEC back into action. With no one having a direct financial interest in the outcome pressing an alternative view, the SEC’s initial decision was as predictable as it was bad.
和学者和记者一样，其他监管者都在旁观这一切——有些监管者可能现在会觉得必须去从证券交易委员会处接管货币市场安全法规或者促使委员会有所作为。由于没有人在推动另一个观点方面拥有直接的金融利益，委员会最初的决定也就变得毫无悬念，正如我们知道这个决定必将很糟糕那样。