Powell Says Fed Rate Hike 'Unlikely' Even as Path to Cooling Inflation Still Uncertain
Powell Says Fed Rate Hike 'Unlikely' Even as Path to Cooling Inflation Still Uncertain
By Luzi Ann Santos | moomoo News
作者：露茲·安·桑托斯 | moomoo 新聞
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it's unlikely that policymakers will increase interest rates, even as he acknowledged that the path to bringing inflation down to their 2% target remains uncertain.
聯儲局主席傑羅姆·鮑威爾表示，決策者不太可能提高利率，儘管他承認將通貨膨脹率降至2％目標的路徑仍不確定。
"I think it's unlikely that the next policy rate move will be a hike," Powell said in a press conference after the Federal Open Market Committee kept federal funds rate unchanged at a target range of 5.25% to 5.5%. "We need to see persuasive evidence that our policy stance is not sufficiently restrictive to bring inflation down to 2%. That's not what I think we're seeing, as we mentioned."
在聯邦公開市場委員會將聯邦基金利率維持在5.25％至5.5％的目標區間不變之後，鮑威爾在新聞發佈會上說：“我認爲下一次政策利率變動不太可能是加息。”“我們需要看到有說服力的證據，證明我們的政策立場不夠嚴格，不足以將通貨膨脹率降至2％。正如我們所提到的，我認爲這不是我們所看到的。”
US equities swung between gains and losses as Powell spoke at the press conference. By the time markets closed, the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ was down 0.3% at 5,018.39. The $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ also slipped 0.3%, while the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ gained 0.2%.
鮑威爾在新聞發佈會上發表講話時，美國股市在漲跌之間波動。到市場收盤時， $標普500指數 (.SPX.US)$ 下跌0.3％，至5,018.39。這個 $納斯達克綜合指數 (.IXIC.US)$ 也下跌了0.3％，而 $道瓊斯指數 (.DJI.US)$ 上漲了0.2％。
"Inflation is still too high," Powell said. "Further progress in bringing it down is not assured. And the path forward is uncertain. We are fully committed to returning inflation to our 2% goal."
鮑威爾說：“通貨膨脹率仍然過高。”“不能保證在降低它方面會取得進一步的進展。而且前進的道路是不確定的。我們完全致力於將通貨膨脹率恢復到2％的目標。”
The FOMC acknowledged the stickiness of inflation. "In recent months, there has been a lack of further progress toward the Committee's 2 percent inflation objective," the committee said in a statement.
聯邦公開市場委員會承認了通貨膨脹的粘性。該委員會在一份聲明中說：“最近幾個月，在實現委員會2％的通貨膨脹目標方面缺乏進一步的進展。”
"The Committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy as appropriate if risks emerge that could impede the attainment of the Committee's goals," the FOMC said in a statement.
Asked whether he still sees three interest rate cuts this year similar to the recent dot plot by policymakers that illustrated their median projection for borrowing costs, Powell said "I've said that it appears then that it's going to take longer for us to reach that point of confidence. I don't know how long it will take."
"I can just say that when we get that confidence, then rate cuts will be in scope," he said.
聯邦公開市場委員會在一份聲明中表示：“如果出現可能阻礙委員會實現目標的風險，委員會將準備酌情調整貨幣政策立場。”
當被問及他是否仍認爲今年的三次降息與決策者最近的點陣圖相似時，鮑威爾說：“我已經說過，當時看來我們需要更長的時間才能達到這個信心點。我不知道要花多長時間。”
他說：“我只能說，當我們獲得這種信心時，降息就會在範圍之內。”