May 3 (Reuters) - Inflation Should Continue to Decline Even as the U.S. Central Bank Holds Its Benchmark Interest Rate Steady at Current Levels, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman Said on Friday While Also Reiterating Her Willingness To Raise the Policy Rate IF Progress Peters Out or Reverses.
5月3日（路透社）— 聯儲局理事米歇爾·鮑曼週五表示，儘管美國央行將基準利率穩定在當前水平，但通貨膨脹仍應繼續下降，同時還重申如果進展減弱或逆轉，她願意提高政策利率。
"My Baseline Outlook Continues to Be That Inflation Will Decline Further With the Policy Rate Held Steady, but I Still See a Number of Upside Inflation Risks That Affect My Outlook," Bowman Said in Prepared Remarks For a Speech To a Banking Conference in Key Biscayne, Florida.
鮑曼在佛羅里達州比斯坎灣銀行會議演講的準備講話中說：“我的基準展望仍然是，在政策利率保持穩定的情況下，通貨膨脹率將進一步下降，但我仍然看到許多上行通脹風險會影響我的前景。”
"While the Current Stance of Monetary Policy Appears to Be at a Restrictive Level, I Remain Willing to Raise the Federal Funds Rate at a Future Meeting Should the Incoming Data Indicate That Progress on Inflation Has Stalled or Reversed," Bowman Added.
鮑曼補充說：“儘管目前的貨幣政策立場似乎處於限制性水平，但如果即將發佈的數據表明通貨膨脹進展停滯或逆轉，我仍然願意在未來的會議上提高聯邦基金利率。”
In Her Speech, Bowman Made Clear She Expects Inflation to Remain Elevated for Some Time, Highlighting a Number of Factors That Could Keep It From Falling Back to the Fed's 2% Goal.
鮑曼在講話中明確表示，她預計通貨膨脹率將在一段時間內保持高位，並強調了可能阻止通貨膨脹率回落至聯儲局2％目標的許多因素。
Those Include a Lack of Further Supply-Side Improvements Such as Last Year's Healing of Supply Chains, Lower Energy Prices and Increased Immigration, All of Which Helped Put Downward Pressure on Inflation.
其中包括供應方缺乏進一步的改善，例如去年供應鏈的恢復、能源價格的下降和移民的增加，所有這些都給通貨膨脹帶來了下行壓力。
Bowman Also Cited Risks From Spillovers From Conflicts Abroad as Well as a Recent Loosening in Financial Conditions, Which Could Cause Inflation to Re-Accelerate
鮑曼還列舉了海外衝突的溢出效應以及最近金融狀況的放鬆所帶來的風險，這可能導致通貨膨脹重新加速
And at a Time When Fed Officials Are Keenly Focused on the Persistence of Stronger-Than-Expected Housing Inflation, Bowman Proposed a Potential New Wrinkle In the Expectation That Those Pricing Pressures Will Abate.
在聯儲局官員密切關注持續強於預期的住房通脹率之際，鮑曼提出了潛在的新問題，因爲預計這些定價壓力將減弱。
"Given the Current Low Inventory of Affordable Housing, the Inflow of New Immigrants to Some Geographic Areas Could Result in Upward Pressure on Rents, as Additional Housing Supply May Take Time to Materialize," Bowman Said.
鮑曼說：“鑑於目前經濟適用住房庫存不足，新移民湧入某些地理區域可能會導致租金上行壓力，因爲額外的住房供應可能需要一段時間才能實現。”
(Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir; Editing by Paul Simao)
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