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1、TranscriptofChairYellen’sPressConferenceOpeningRemarksJune15,2016CHAIRYELLEN:Goodafternoon.Today,theFederalOpenMarketCommittee(FOMC)maintainedthetargetrangeforthefederalfundsrateat1/4to1/2percent.Thisaccommodativepolicyshouldsupportfurtherprogresstowardourstatutoryobjectivesofmaximumemploymentan
2、dpricestability.Basedontheeconomicoutlook,theCommitteecontinuestoanticipatethatgradualincreasesinthefederalfundsrateovertimearelikelytobeconsistentwithachievingandmaintainingourobjectives.However,recenteconomicindicatorshavebeenmixed,suggestingthatourcautiousapproachtoadjustingmonetarypolicyrema
3、insappropriate.Asalways,ourpolicyisnotonapresetcourseandiftheeconomicoutlookshifts,theappropriatepathofpolicywillshiftcorrespondingly.Iwillcomebacktoourpolicydecision,butfirstIwillreviewrecenteconomicdevelopmentsandtheoutlook.下午好,今天開放市場委員會保持聯(lián)邦基準利率在0.25%至0.5%區(qū)間。寬松的財政政策將進一步支撐就業(yè)最大化和物價穩(wěn)定的法定目標?;诮?jīng)濟預(yù)期
4、,委員會繼續(xù)認為未來聯(lián)邦基準利率逐步加息步伐將和各種經(jīng)濟指標目標的實現(xiàn)保持一致。然而,最近的經(jīng)濟指標好壞不一,這表明我們采取謹慎的貨幣政策是合適的。和往常一樣,美聯(lián)儲的政策并不是預(yù)定好的,如果經(jīng)濟預(yù)期發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)變,適當(dāng)?shù)恼呗窂綄鄳?yīng)變化。首先讓我回顧一下最近的經(jīng)濟發(fā)展和預(yù)期,然后回到今天的政策決定。Economicgrowthwasrelativelyweaklatelastyearandearlythisyear.Someofthefactorsweighingongrowthwereexpected.Forexample,exportshavebeensoft,reflecting
5、subduedforeigndemandandtheearlierappreciationofthedollar.Also,activityintheenergysectorhasobviouslybeenhardhitbythesteepdropinoilpricessincemid-2014.Buttheslowdowninotherpartsoftheeconomywasnotexpected.Inparticular,businessinvestmentoutsideofenergywasparticularlyweakduringthewinter,andappearstoh
6、averemainedsointothespring.Inaddition,growthinhouseholdspendingslowednoticeablyearlyintheyeardespitesolidincreasesinhouseholdincomeaswellasrelativelyhighlevelsofconsumersentimentandwealth.Fortunately,thefirst-quarterslowdowninhouseholdspendingappearstohavebeentemporary;indicatorsforthesecondquar
7、terhavesofarpointedtoasizablerebound.ThisrecoveryisakeyfactorsupportingtheCommittee’sexpectationthatoveralleconomicactivitywillexpandatamoderatepaceoverthenextfewyears.Despitelacklustereconomicgrowth,thejobmarketcontinuedtoi