财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示，美联储决策者应保持对利率的‘开放心态’，认为人工智能和放松监管带来的生产率提升将有助于控制美国通胀。
By María Paula Mijares Torres Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Federal Reserve policymakers should keep an “open mind” on interest rates, arguing that productivity gains from artificial intelligence and deregulation will help keep US inflation in check.
贝森特指出，在唐纳德·特朗普总统的领导下，美国经济因减税和放松监管而蓬勃发展，尽管与伊朗的冲突导致燃料价格上涨，给选民带来了压力。
Bessent framed his comment in the context of a US economy that he said is thriving under President Donald Trump due partly to tax cuts and deregulation, even as elevated fuel prices spurred by the conflict with Iran weigh on US voters ahead of midterm elections in November.
贝森特在福克斯新闻节目中提到，美联储主席凯文·沃什‘非常清楚’当前美国经济的增长情况与20世纪90年代艾伦·格林斯潘任主席时期的互联网繁荣时期‘不相上下甚至更为显著’。
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, whom Trump picked to lead the Fed, is “well aware” that the US economy is seeing gains similar to “if not more substantial” than when Alan Greenspan was Fed chair during the 1990s internet boom, Bessent said on Fox News’ Greenspan “let things run,” and “the board and the voters on the Fed should have an open mind because, again, it’s the deregulatory aspect,” Bessent said.
他强调，美联储董事会和选民应保持开放心态，因为这主要归功于放松监管的政策。
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, whom Trump picked to lead the Fed, is “well aware” that the US economy is seeing gains similar to “if not more substantial” than when Alan Greenspan was Fed chair during the 1990s internet boom, Bessent said on Fox News’ Greenspan “let things run,” and “the board and the voters on the Fed should have an open mind because, again, it’s the deregulatory aspect,” Bessent said.
今年通胀主要由与伊朗战争和乌克兰对俄罗斯能源产业袭击相关的创纪录柴油和汽油价格推动，这影响了全球经济并推高了全球债券收益率。
Inflation this year has been driven by record-high diesel and gasoline prices linked to the Iran war and Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s energy industry, sending ripples through the US economy and pushing up bond yields worldwide.
根据9月11日发布的政府数据，8月份美国不包括食品和能源在内的消费者价格上涨了0.3%，全年涨幅为2.4%。沃什领导的美联储在当月首次上调了基准利率。
US consumer prices excluding food and energy climbed 0.3% in August and advanced 2.4% on an annual basis, according to government data released Sept. 11. Days later, the Fed under Warsh raised its benchmark rate for the first time since 2023.
贝森特认为‘核心通胀一直非常稳定，实际上在过去几个月有所下降’。
Bessent argued that “core inflation has been very quiescent, and is has actually dropped over the past few months.” Asked about China’s role surrounding the Iran war, Bessent said he expects Iranian oil deliveries to China to stop soon, adding to US pressure on Iran to make a deal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
在谈到中国在伊朗战争中的角色时，他表示预计伊朗对中国的石油供应将很快停止，这将进一步加大美国对伊朗的压力，促使其就重新开放霍尔木兹海峡达成协议。
Bessent argued that “core inflation has been very quiescent, and is has actually dropped over the past few months.” Asked about China’s role surrounding the Iran war, Bessent said he expects Iranian oil deliveries to China to stop soon, adding to US pressure on Iran to make a deal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
他还表示‘中国已经大幅减少了对伊朗的援助’，‘目前海上只剩下1500万桶伊朗石油’，‘很可能在未来两周内完成最后一次石油交付，之后伊朗将一无所有’。”}
“China has substantially reduced any assistance to Iran” and “there’s only 15 million more barrels of Iranian oil on the water,” he said. “Probably within the next two weeks they’re going to make their final delivery of oil to China and then they will have nothing.”