It was a brave decision. By abandoning Lehman Brothers, a 158-year-old piece of Wall Street furniture, and refusing to remove their hands from their pockets when Merrill Lynch came calling, Hank Paulson, US Treasury secretary, and Tim Geithner, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, had one of the busiest weekends of dispassion on record. There will be much fallout in financial markets over the next few weeks and even more uncertainty.
这是一个勇敢的决定。通过放弃雷曼兄弟(Lehman Brothers)这家有着158年历史的老牌华尔街公司，同时在美林(Merrill Lynch)登门拜访时捂紧钱袋，美国财政部长汉克•保尔森(Hank Paulson)和纽约联邦储备银行行长蒂姆•加斯内(Tim Geithner)在有史以来最繁忙的一个周末保持了冷静。这将在未来几周对金融市场产生很大的连带影响，甚至带来更多的不确定性。
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