Ben Bernanke disappointed those who hoped his speech at the central bankers’ conference in Jackson Hole would signal a fresh round of quantitative easing. The US Federal Reserve chairman ruled nothing out, however. He acknowledged the recent run of gloomy economic news, and said the next meeting of the Fed’s policymaking committee would take an extra day to discuss the “merits and costs” of monetary stimulus. Meanwhile, he called on Congress to improve its fiscal policy and attend to issues that lie outside the Fed’s purview.
那些指望美聯準(US Federal Reserve)主席班•柏南奇(Ben Bernanke)在傑克森霍爾(Jackson Hole)舉行的各國央行行長會議上暗示將啓動新一輪定量寬鬆(QE3)的人們，恐怕要失望了。不過，伯南克並沒有排除任何一種可能性。他承認最近的一系列經濟數據都很低迷，還透露美聯準負責政策制定的委員會在下一次開會時，將多花一天時間，討論貨幣刺激措施的「收益和成本」。與此同時，他呼籲國會改善財政政策，並關注美聯準職權範圍之外的問題。