05 美联储将开始逐步缩减购债

The US Federal Reserve has announced that it will start phasing out its $120bn monthly bond-buying programme, as it confronts more pronounced price pressures and predictions that interest rates will be lifted next year.

美联储宣布，它将开始逐步缩减其每月1200亿美元的债券购买计划。目前美国央行面临更明显的价格压力以及明年将会加息的预测。

Economists expect the Fed to declare that it has achieved “substantial further progress”towards its goals of inflation that averages at 2 per cent and maximum employment, and that it will begin dialling back the emergency policy settings put in place last year to offset the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

经济学家们预计，美联储将宣布它朝着2%平均通胀和充分就业的双重目标取得了“重大的进一步进展”，将开始逆转去年为抵消新冠疫情引起的经济损害而出台的紧急政策。

The central bank has signalled that it is likely to reduce its purchases of Treasury securities by $10bn per month and those for agency mortgage-backed securities by $5bn.

美国央行已发出信号表明，它会每月减少100亿美元的美国国债购买量和50亿美元的机构抵押贷款支持证券购买量。