The US and China both cut interest rates yesterday, with the US Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by half a point to 1 per cent, a level equalled only once before in 2003.

• 美国和中国昨日双双降息，其中美联储(FederalReserve)将利率下调50个基点至1%25，这一水平仅在2003年出现过一次。