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Chapter 661: Unbearable Economic Loss

Immediately afterwards, the United States announced the temporary closure of the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Market, the Chicago Futures Exchange and the Chicago Commodity Exchange, and all major stock exchanges stopped trading. At 10:22 am Eastern Time, the U.S. stock market announced the closure of the market, and the opening time was announced to the public based on the situation.

The foreign exchange market responded quickly, and there was a sharp fluctuation after the disaster. The exchange rate of the pound against the US dollar hit a six-month high. At the highest, 1 pound was once exchanged for US$1.469, which was previously exchanged for US$1.462; the exchange rate of the euro against the US dollar rose to 1 euro to 0.909 US dollars when the highest occurred. Before the incident, the exchange rate of the euro to the US dollar was 1 euro to 0.8975 US dollars.

European stock markets suffered a sharp drop, and news came out that Germany's Frankfurt DAX30 index fell 8.5%, while London Financial Times 100 index fell 4.9%.

Soon, all Latin American stock markets were suspended.

Affected by the US market closure, Asian stock markets were also affected, especially the Nikkei and South Korean stock markets, which both fell sharply, and the Hong Kong stock index was also affected. Fortunately, domestic preparations were made before, and there was little impact on this impact.

The US President urgently summoned the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the CIA and other departments, demanding that the facts must be found out as soon as possible. The country declared a state of emergency. US National Guard soldiers entered the city of New York and the special forces were deployed.

The US president then spoke at the White House.

"Good afternoon, today, in New Jersey, on Wall Street, we suffered a series of premeditated and inhumane terrorist attacks. In this attack, more than 30 citizens died and nearly a hundred injured. I am silent for their misfortune. We are filled with jealous grief and speechless anger. The purpose of the terrorists is to intimidate our country and put the United States in chaos."

"But they are doomed to fail, our country is very strong, our great people have taken action, bravely defending our motherland, terrorist attacks can destroy Wall Street, but they feel that they will not destroy the strong will of the American people."

"After the incident, we immediately launched the government's emergency response plan. Our army is the strongest and they are fully prepared. I have ordered all intelligence and judicial departments to work hard to find out who should be responsible for this matter and bring them to justice."

"We will treat terrorists and those who protect them equally and will never tolerate them. Today, I ask you to pray with me, pray that they will receive strength and comfort from Psalm 23. The United States has defeated its enemies before, and this time we can do it. Thank you, may God bless the United States."

Although the US president only mentioned Wall Street slightly, Wall Street was the most costly place in this attack.

Will Wall Street be bombed and the New York Stock Exchange close down? The answer is, no.

But it is certain to cause significant losses.

The US government's reaction was very rapid. The next day, major financial institutions had resumed basically normal operations. Major financial institutions on Wall Street had their own data backups, and they were all stored in other cities, such as the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. There are a total of four storage centers across the United States.

This data will be passed there at the speed of light and then stored, so even if the New York Stock Exchange is hit by a bomb, it will not leave its data empty.

But the losses are still huge. The New York Stock Exchange's trading system collapsed. The losses are calculated in minutes. One minute will cost about 3 billion to 5 billion. Finally, Wall Street gave a report that the United States lost a total of 300 billion in wealth in this missile attack, and the consequences are serious.

Any fluctuations on Wall Street are global, American finance is a global product, and European countries have also suffered certain losses in this round of attacks.

The video that Mu Yang posted online was constantly hyped and played by the media, and the US intelligence agencies also analyzed it and used it as important evidence.

The FBI director reported to the president: "The number one suspect, Abduhalik, is the person on this video. He once created terrorist bombings in Germany, Japan, Britain and France, and claimed that this was to make the Xinjiang-Turkey organization famous, and they wanted to establish a new organization that was stronger than al-Qaeda."

"After analysis, we felt that this video was recorded in the United States. Some details in the video exposed his real location, and an advertisement strip in English was revealed."

"Where are other information? Have you caught it? Don't tell me these useless things. China has been able to get his intelligence and warn us before. But why did the US intelligence agencies have no achievements and have no knowledge of the whereabouts of this terrorist, and have also allowed him to create such a serious explosion in the United States." The President was still very angry.

Although the personnel losses this time were not large, the economic losses were unbearable. The US government would lose a lot of money for this. When he saw the loss report just now, his head hurt. He had been warned by many large consortiums before. Yes, it was a warning that the US government must bear this loss on Wall Street.

Oh my God, the United States is now deficit every year, and it is just relying on those large consortiums to live. No one dares to offend Wall Street, including Washington.

Moreover, these presidents rely on the funding of large consortiums to come to power. How could the supporters behind them not ask him to contribute to his own group at such a time?

The President's idea now is how to calm the anger of the domestic consortium and then lead the fire to another place.

Terrorists are definitely a good target to vent their anger.

"After the analysis of weapons experts, the bomb used by the terrorist this time was an electromagnetic pulse bomb, which was equivalent to the power of the electromagnetic strength of a weak nuclear bomb, so it caused such a significant loss, and after material analysis, it was found..."

Speaking of this, the FBI Director paused and looked at the President.

"If you continue, what is the result of the analysis? It was made by that country. If it is a Middle Eastern country, I will make them pay the price. Even if it is China and Russia, we will also ask for an explanation."

"After expert analysis, this kind of bomb is our American technology. Although it is still in the research room stage, it can already produce finished products. I don't know how those terrorists got it. We collected some shrapnel wrecks. After analysis, they are also produced in the United States."

"Our own bomb?" The President's eyes widened.
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