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聯準會Williams重申今年稍晚可能降息
紐約，2月29日（路透社） - 紐約聯邦儲備銀行行長約翰·威廉姆斯周四重申，美國央行
下一步行動可能是對其利率目標進行削減。
“我確實預期我們今年晚些時候會降息，”威廉姆斯在紐約公民預算委員會第92屆年度晚
宴上說。該官員表示：“我認為隨著通脹下降，經濟更加平衡，將利率恢復到更正常的水
平是有道理的，”同時補充說“目前沒有迫切需要這樣做。”
“我認為我們的貨幣政策處於良好狀態”，現在真正重要的是要確信通脹率正在降至2%的
目標，威廉姆斯說。
威廉姆斯還表示，他沒有看到經濟創造出會促使美聯儲再次提高其利率目標的條件。
“根據我目前所見，我們不需要進一步收緊貨幣政策，”威廉姆斯說。但他補充說：“顯
然，如果前景發生變化，如果經濟狀況發生相當重大，實質性的變化，你知道，我們將不
得不重新考慮。”
威廉姆斯的談話在很大程度上與他周三在長島發表的演講相似。普遍預期，美聯儲今年晚
些時候將削減目前的利率目標區間，該區間目前介於5.25%至5.5%之間，儘管強勁的經濟
活動和通脹壓力的不均衡回落使得政策放寬何時開始尚不明朗。
威廉姆斯在演講中表示，美國經濟在從冠狀病毒大流行中反彈時非常強勁，當前的商業周
期與過去的不同。他表示，經濟的韌性令人驚訝。
Fed's Williams reiterates rate cut likely later this year
By Michael S. Derby
March 1, 202410:24 AM GMT+8Updated a day ago
John Williams speaks at an event in New York
John Williams speaks at an event in New York, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
NEW YORK, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams reiterated on Thursday that the next move for the U.S. central bank is likely to be a cut to its interest rate target.
"I do expect us to cut interest rates later this year," Williams said in an appearance in New York at the Citizens Budget Commission 92nd Annual Gala. "I think that makes sense with inflation coming down, the economy being in better balance, that we're going to move interest rates back to more normal levels," the official said, while adding "there's no sense of urgency to do that."
"I think we've got monetary policy in good place" and now is really about gaining confidence that inflation is cooling to the 2% target, Williams said.
Williams also said he does not see the economy creating conditions that would drive the Fed to hike its interest rate target again.
"Based on what I see now we don't need to tighten monetary policy further," Williams said. But he added, "obviously, if the outlook changes, if the economic conditions change pretty significantly, materially, you know, we'd have to, I'd have to rethink that."
Williams' remarks largely echoed those of a speech he gave on Long Island on Wednesday. The Fed is widely expected to cut what is now an interest rate target range of between 5.25% and 5.5% later this year, although strong economic activity and an uneven retreat in inflation pressures have cast down on when the policy easing might kick off.
Williams said in the appearance that the U.S. economy has been very strong as it bounces back from the coronavirus pandemic and that the current business cycle is quite different than ones seen in the past. He said the economy's resilience has been remarkable.
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