双语新闻：美联储不急于退出经济刺激计划

2014-09-25 14:59:51来源：可可英语

　　If the Fed pushes too hard, unsustainable growth could eventually generate faster inflation.If it stops pushing too soon, however, damage that could have been repaired by additionalstimulus may last indefinitely: Many people who could have found jobs might never return tothe work force.

　　如果美联储采取过多行动，不可持续的增长可能最终导致通胀水平加速上升。如果过早地停止采取行动，本来可以由更多刺激政策所修复的破坏就有可能永久地存在下去：许多本来能找到工作的人可能永远无法重新就业。

　　Ms. Yellen spent much of her news conference on Wednesday avoiding questions about thisbalance, often taking considerable time to say very little.

　　周三，在新闻发布会的大部分时间里，耶伦避免回答有关如何平衡的问题，经常用了很长时间却没说出什么内容。

　　Still, simply by holding steady, the Fed is prolonging its effort to improve economic conditions,and supporters of the campaign applauded.

　　然而，美联储用保持稳定的方式，延长了改善经济状况的努力，行动的支持者对此表示赞同。

　　“Kudos to the Yellen Fed for not signaling a more hawkish stance in an economy that stillneeds their support,” wrote Jared Bernstein, a fellow at the Center on Budget Policy andPriorities and a former economic adviser to Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. “When it comesto economic policy makers still trying to do something big to help the macroeconomy, the Fed’sthe only game in town.”

　　“美联储没有释放在经济方面采取更强硬态度的信号，值得称赞，美国经济仍然需要他们的支持，”预算与政策重点中心(Center for Budget and Policy Priorities)研究员、副总统小约瑟夫·R·拜登(Joseph R. BidenJr.)的前经济顾问杰瑞德·伯恩斯坦(Jared Bernstein)写道。“在经济政策制定者中，美联储是唯一仍旧在设法采取重大举措来帮助宏观经济的。”

　　Critics warned — as they have for several years — that the Fed was doing too much, withpotential consequences including inflation and financial instability. The House onWednesday passed a Republican bill intended to limit the Fed’s flexibility by requiring it toadopt a rule for making monetary policy, and to explain its deviations. The measure was notexpected to progress in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

　　批评人士警告称——多年来他们一直有这样的警告——美联储干预得太多，可能会带来通货膨胀及金融动荡等后果。众议院在周三通过了共和党的一项法案，该法案要求美联储为货币政策的制定引入一套规则，违背规则是需要做出解释，以此限制美联储的灵活性。外界认为，由民主党人控制的参议院不会通过该法案。

　　The Fed committee acted by a vote of 8 to 2. Charles I. Plosser, president of the FederalReserve Bank of Philadelphia, and Richard W. Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank ofDallas, argued that economic conditions had improved sufficiently for the Fed to signal it couldbegin to retreat more quickly.

　　美联储委员会通过投票做出以上决定，投票结果为8比2。费城联储银行( Federal Reserve Bank ofPhiladelphia)行长查尔斯·I·普罗索(Charles I. Plosser)、达拉斯联储银行(Federal Reserve Bank ofDallas)行长理查德·W·费希尔(Richard W. Fisher)辩称，经济状况已经大幅改善，美联储可以发出信号，表明该机构可以更加快速地撤出。

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