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I don't know exactly when that will be. When we do close in on it I am very supportive of tapering and moving back toward a normal environment as quickly as the economy allows us,\" Barkin said.</p><p><blockquote>“我们正在接近……我不知道具体什么时候。当我们确实接近时，我非常支持缩减规模，并在经济允许的情况下尽快回到正常环境，”巴尔金说。</blockquote></p><p> The Fed slashed its overnight benchmark interest rate to a near-zero level last year and agreed to keep purchasing $120 billion in government bonds a month until there was \"substantial further progress\" toward its inflation and employment goals.</p><p><blockquote>美联储去年将隔夜基准利率下调至接近零的水平，并同意继续每月购买1200亿美元的国债，直到通胀和就业目标取得“实质性的进一步进展”。</blockquote></p><p> That monetary support, combined with strong fiscal aid, helped to usher the economy out of the crisis and set it on a path to recovery - signaling it is time for the Fed to start withdrawing some of that help, George said.</p><p><blockquote>乔治表示，这种货币支持，加上强有力的财政援助，帮助经济走出危机并走上复苏之路，这表明美联储是时候开始撤回部分帮助了。</blockquote></p><p> \"Today’s tight economy ... certainly does not call for a tight monetary policy, but it does signal that the time has come to dial back the settings,\" George said.</p><p><blockquote>George说：“今天的经济紧缩……当然不是紧缩货币政策的看涨期权，但这确实表明是时候回调货币政策了。”</blockquote></p><p> INFLATION WATCH</p><p><blockquote>通货膨胀观察</blockquote></p><p> Inflation has spiked this year as the economy reopened and supply chain disruptions made it difficult for some companies to keep up with a surge in demand.</p><p><blockquote>随着经济重新开放，今年通胀飙升，供应链中断导致一些公司难以跟上需求激增的步伐。</blockquote></p><p> President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his administration is taking steps to alleviate bottlenecks that threaten the economic recovery and that he trusts the Fed to take any steps that may be needed to rein in prices.</p><p><blockquote>美国总统乔·拜登周三表示，他的政府正在采取措施缓解威胁经济复苏的瓶颈，他相信美联储会采取任何可能需要的措施来控制物价。</blockquote></p><p> Earlier in the day, the U.S. Labor Department reported that consumer price increases had slowed in July, a sign inflation may have peaked.</p><p><blockquote>当天早些时候，美国劳工部报告称，7月份消费者价格上涨放缓，这表明通胀可能已经见顶。</blockquote></p><p> Fed Chair Jerome Powell has repeatedly said he thinks the inflationary pressures are temporary, but some policymakers say reducing the asset purchases soon could give them more flexibility to respond if inflation lasts longer than expected.</p><p><blockquote>美联储主席鲍威尔多次表示，他认为通胀压力是暂时的，但一些政策制定者表示，如果通胀持续时间长于预期，很快减少资产购买可能会让他们有更大的灵活性来应对。</blockquote></p><p> Kaplan told CNBC that the asset purchases do not help an economy that is now struggling with supply, rather than demand, issues and said reducing them soon may help to minimize excessive risk-taking.</p><p><blockquote>卡普兰告诉CNBC，资产购买无助于目前正在与供应而非需求问题作斗争的经济，并表示尽快减少资产购买可能有助于最大限度地减少过度冒险。</blockquote></p><p> \"Like a doctor who's prescribing medication to a patient that's been through a trauma, if you start to see side effects and you don't think the medication is very effective ... I think best thing to do is, early, begin weaning off that medication,\" Kaplan said.</p><p><blockquote>“就像医生给经历过创伤的病人开药一样，如果你开始看到副作用，并且你认为药物不是很有效……我认为最好的办法是尽早开始戒断这种药物，”卡普兰说。</blockquote></p><p> MAXIMUM EMPLOYMENT MURKY</p><p><blockquote>最大就业率模糊</blockquote></p><p> While several Fed officials say recent higher inflation is helping the central bank reach its 2% inflation target, assessing the maximum employment mandate may not be as clear-cut.</p><p><blockquote>尽管几位美联储官员表示，近期较高的通胀正在帮助央行实现2%的通胀目标，但评估最大就业授权可能并不那么明确。</blockquote></p><p> The U.S. labor market is still short about 6 million jobs from its pre-pandemic levels. George said the pre-crisis labor market may not be the best metric for evaluating full employment because some people retired early and the pandemic caused other structural changes in the labor market.</p><p><blockquote>与大流行前的水平相比，美国劳动力市场仍短缺约600万个工作岗位。乔治表示，危机前的劳动力市场可能不是评估充分就业的最佳指标，因为一些人提前退休，而疫情导致了劳动力市场的其他结构性变化。</blockquote></p><p> Barkin told Reuters it remains an open question whether this fall will see millions return to the job market as schools reopen and programs like enhanced unemployment insurance end, or whether the pandemic, and its now dominant Delta variant, have changed life and occupational choices to such a degree that labor remains scarce.</p><p><blockquote>巴尔金告诉路透社，随着学校重新开放和增强失业保险等计划的结束，今年秋天是否会有数百万人重返就业市场，或者疫情及其现在占主导地位的德尔塔变异毒株是否已经改变了生活和职业选择，这仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。劳动力仍然稀缺的程度。</blockquote></p><p> \"If we don't get a big increase of people going back into the work force when unemployment insurance expires, kids are back in school, summer is over, then I am going to have to ask myself some questions about my assumptions,\" Barkin said.</p><p><blockquote>“如果当失业保险到期、孩子们重返校园、夏天结束时，重返劳动力市场的人数没有大幅增加，那么我将不得不问自己一些关于我的假设的问题，”巴尔金说。</blockquote></p><p></p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; 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I don't know exactly when that will be. When we do close in on it I am very supportive of tapering and moving back toward a normal environment as quickly as the economy allows us,\" Barkin said.</p><p><blockquote>“我们正在接近……我不知道具体什么时候。当我们确实接近时，我非常支持缩减规模，并在经济允许的情况下尽快回到正常环境，”巴尔金说。</blockquote></p><p> The Fed slashed its overnight benchmark interest rate to a near-zero level last year and agreed to keep purchasing $120 billion in government bonds a month until there was \"substantial further progress\" toward its inflation and employment goals.</p><p><blockquote>美联储去年将隔夜基准利率下调至接近零的水平，并同意继续每月购买1200亿美元的国债，直到通胀和就业目标取得“实质性的进一步进展”。</blockquote></p><p> That monetary support, combined with strong fiscal aid, helped to usher the economy out of the crisis and set it on a path to recovery - signaling it is time for the Fed to start withdrawing some of that help, George said.</p><p><blockquote>乔治表示，这种货币支持，加上强有力的财政援助，帮助经济走出危机并走上复苏之路，这表明美联储是时候开始撤回部分帮助了。</blockquote></p><p> \"Today’s tight economy ... certainly does not call for a tight monetary policy, but it does signal that the time has come to dial back the settings,\" George said.</p><p><blockquote>George说：“今天的经济紧缩……当然不是紧缩货币政策的看涨期权，但这确实表明是时候回调货币政策了。”</blockquote></p><p> INFLATION WATCH</p><p><blockquote>通货膨胀观察</blockquote></p><p> Inflation has spiked this year as the economy reopened and supply chain disruptions made it difficult for some companies to keep up with a surge in demand.</p><p><blockquote>随着经济重新开放，今年通胀飙升，供应链中断导致一些公司难以跟上需求激增的步伐。</blockquote></p><p> President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his administration is taking steps to alleviate bottlenecks that threaten the economic recovery and that he trusts the Fed to take any steps that may be needed to rein in prices.</p><p><blockquote>美国总统乔·拜登周三表示，他的政府正在采取措施缓解威胁经济复苏的瓶颈，他相信美联储会采取任何可能需要的措施来控制物价。</blockquote></p><p> Earlier in the day, the U.S. Labor Department reported that consumer price increases had slowed in July, a sign inflation may have peaked.</p><p><blockquote>当天早些时候，美国劳工部报告称，7月份消费者价格上涨放缓，这表明通胀可能已经见顶。</blockquote></p><p> Fed Chair Jerome Powell has repeatedly said he thinks the inflationary pressures are temporary, but some policymakers say reducing the asset purchases soon could give them more flexibility to respond if inflation lasts longer than expected.</p><p><blockquote>美联储主席鲍威尔多次表示，他认为通胀压力是暂时的，但一些政策制定者表示，如果通胀持续时间长于预期，很快减少资产购买可能会让他们有更大的灵活性来应对。</blockquote></p><p> Kaplan told CNBC that the asset purchases do not help an economy that is now struggling with supply, rather than demand, issues and said reducing them soon may help to minimize excessive risk-taking.</p><p><blockquote>卡普兰告诉CNBC，资产购买无助于目前正在与供应而非需求问题作斗争的经济，并表示尽快减少资产购买可能有助于最大限度地减少过度冒险。</blockquote></p><p> \"Like a doctor who's prescribing medication to a patient that's been through a trauma, if you start to see side effects and you don't think the medication is very effective ... I think best thing to do is, early, begin weaning off that medication,\" Kaplan said.</p><p><blockquote>“就像医生给经历过创伤的病人开药一样，如果你开始看到副作用，并且你认为药物不是很有效……我认为最好的办法是尽早开始戒断这种药物，”卡普兰说。</blockquote></p><p> MAXIMUM EMPLOYMENT MURKY</p><p><blockquote>最大就业率模糊</blockquote></p><p> While several Fed officials say recent higher inflation is helping the central bank reach its 2% inflation target, assessing the maximum employment mandate may not be as clear-cut.</p><p><blockquote>尽管几位美联储官员表示，近期较高的通胀正在帮助央行实现2%的通胀目标，但评估最大就业授权可能并不那么明确。</blockquote></p><p> The U.S. labor market is still short about 6 million jobs from its pre-pandemic levels. George said the pre-crisis labor market may not be the best metric for evaluating full employment because some people retired early and the pandemic caused other structural changes in the labor market.</p><p><blockquote>与大流行前的水平相比，美国劳动力市场仍短缺约600万个工作岗位。乔治表示，危机前的劳动力市场可能不是评估充分就业的最佳指标，因为一些人提前退休，而疫情导致了劳动力市场的其他结构性变化。</blockquote></p><p> Barkin told Reuters it remains an open question whether this fall will see millions return to the job market as schools reopen and programs like enhanced unemployment insurance end, or whether the pandemic, and its now dominant Delta variant, have changed life and occupational choices to such a degree that labor remains scarce.</p><p><blockquote>巴尔金告诉路透社，随着学校重新开放和增强失业保险等计划的结束，今年秋天是否会有数百万人重返就业市场，或者疫情及其现在占主导地位的德尔塔变异毒株是否已经改变了生活和职业选择，这仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。劳动力仍然稀缺的程度。</blockquote></p><p> \"If we don't get a big increase of people going back into the work force when unemployment insurance expires, kids are back in school, summer is over, then I am going to have to ask myself some questions about my assumptions,\" Barkin said.</p><p><blockquote>“如果当失业保险到期、孩子们重返校园、夏天结束时，重返劳动力市场的人数没有大幅增加，那么我将不得不问自己一些关于我的假设的问题，”巴尔金说。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/feds-george-says-its-time-dial-back-settings-monetary-policy-2021-08-11/\">Reuters</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"source_url":"https://www.reuters.com/business/feds-george-says-its-time-dial-back-settings-monetary-policy-2021-08-11/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1124607853","content_text":"Aug 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is growing at a robust pace and the labor market is rebounding, signaling it is nearly time for the Federal Reserve to start withdrawing its support, several U.S. central bank officials said on Wednesday.\nPolicymakers are in the process of discussing how and when they should begin to trim the massive asset purchases launched by the Fed last year to stabilize financial markets and support the economy through the coronavirus pandemic, and there are a range of views.\nKansas City Fed President Esther George said the standard for reducing the bond-buying program may have already been met by the current spike in inflation, recent labor market improvements and the expectation for continued strong demand. \"I support bringing asset purchases to an end under these conditions,\" George said during a virtual seminar organized by the National Association for Business Economics.\nDallas Fed President Robert Kaplan, in an interview with CNBC, said the U.S. central bank should announce its timeline for beginning to reduce its massive bond purchases next month and start tapering them in October.\nIn an interview with Reuters, Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said it may take a few months more for the U.S. job market to recover enough that the Fed can start to reduce its support for the economy, adding a centrist voice to the open debate over how to reduce the asset purchases.\n\"We are closing in ... I don't know exactly when that will be. When we do close in on it I am very supportive of tapering and moving back toward a normal environment as quickly as the economy allows us,\" Barkin said.\nThe Fed slashed its overnight benchmark interest rate to a near-zero level last year and agreed to keep purchasing $120 billion in government bonds a month until there was \"substantial further progress\" toward its inflation and employment goals.\nThat monetary support, combined with strong fiscal aid, helped to usher the economy out of the crisis and set it on a path to recovery - signaling it is time for the Fed to start withdrawing some of that help, George said.\n\"Today’s tight economy ... certainly does not call for a tight monetary policy, but it does signal that the time has come to dial back the settings,\" George said.\nINFLATION WATCH\nInflation has spiked this year as the economy reopened and supply chain disruptions made it difficult for some companies to keep up with a surge in demand.\nPresident Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his administration is taking steps to alleviate bottlenecks that threaten the economic recovery and that he trusts the Fed to take any steps that may be needed to rein in prices.\nEarlier in the day, the U.S. Labor Department reported that consumer price increases had slowed in July, a sign inflation may have peaked.\nFed Chair Jerome Powell has repeatedly said he thinks the inflationary pressures are temporary, but some policymakers say reducing the asset purchases soon could give them more flexibility to respond if inflation lasts longer than expected.\nKaplan told CNBC that the asset purchases do not help an economy that is now struggling with supply, rather than demand, issues and said reducing them soon may help to minimize excessive risk-taking.\n\"Like a doctor who's prescribing medication to a patient that's been through a trauma, if you start to see side effects and you don't think the medication is very effective ... I think best thing to do is, early, begin weaning off that medication,\" Kaplan said.\nMAXIMUM EMPLOYMENT MURKY\nWhile several Fed officials say recent higher inflation is helping the central bank reach its 2% inflation target, assessing the maximum employment mandate may not be as clear-cut.\nThe U.S. labor market is still short about 6 million jobs from its pre-pandemic levels. George said the pre-crisis labor market may not be the best metric for evaluating full employment because some people retired early and the pandemic caused other structural changes in the labor market.\nBarkin told Reuters it remains an open question whether this fall will see millions return to the job market as schools reopen and programs like enhanced unemployment insurance end, or whether the pandemic, and its now dominant Delta variant, have changed life and occupational choices to such a degree that labor remains scarce.\n\"If we don't get a big increase of people going back into the work force when unemployment insurance expires, kids are back in school, summer is over, then I am going to have to ask myself some questions about my assumptions,\" Barkin said.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":396,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":11,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/895159059"}
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