“With the inability of the East Coast to operate, the bond market is now grinding to a complete halt, said Adrian Miller at GMP Securities in New York City. The firm has a full-time staff of 65 people in New York, but only 10 were at the office yesterday.

纽约市GMP证券公司的亚德里安·米勒(Adrian Miller)指出：“鉴于东海岸无法运转，目前债券市场正趋向完全中断。该公司在纽约有65名全职员工，但昨天办公室里只有10人。

The closure of markets was expected to cost the NYSE, Nasdaqand CBOEexchanges upwards of $1m each day in terms of lost net trading revenues, said Richard Repetto, analyst at Sandler O’Neill and Partners.

投资机构Sandler O’Neill and Partners分析师理查德·雷佩托(Richard Repetto)表示，此次闭市预计会给纽交所(NYSE)，纳斯达克交易所(Nasdaqand)、芝加哥期权交易所(CBOE)带来每天逾100万美元的净交易收入损失。

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said yesterday that it was postponing the purchase of US Treasury debt scheduled for today.

纽约联储昨日表示，将推迟原定今天购买美国国债的计划。

Additional reporting by Robin Harding in Washington

罗宾·哈丁(Robin Harding)华盛顿补充报道

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