特朗普总统的首席经济顾问呼吁前美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔离开央行理事会，此前一份内部报告指出，在总部翻新项目中存在管理失职。文/玛丽亚·保拉·米哈雷斯·托雷斯“我认为是时候让他离开了，并尊重美联储的独立性，”白宫国家经济委员会主任凯文·哈塞特在福克斯新闻节目中被问及鲍威尔是否应辞职时表示。
President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser called on former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to leave the central bank’s board after an internal report cited management failures in the renovation of its headquarters. By María Paula Mijares Torres“I think that it’s time for him to move on and to respect the independence of the Fed,” Kevin Hassett, head of the National Economic Council at the White House, said on Fox News’ when asked whether Powell should resign.
美联储内部监察机构在9月30日的报告中称，未发现刑事不法行为的证据，也未认定与华盛顿24亿美元翻新项目有关的任何“行政不当行为”，但指出管理缺陷导致该项目成本几乎翻倍，远超原定预算。
The Fed’s internal watchdog said in a Sept. 30 report it found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing and didn’t identify any “administrative misconduct” connected to the $2.4 billion renovation project in Washington, but cited management deficiencies that helped almost double the project’s original cost.
特朗普随后在社交媒体发文称，鲍威尔“应被迫辞去理事会职务”。特朗普在鲍威尔担任主席期间曾不断施压要求其降息。应特朗普要求审查美联储监察长报告的美国司法部长托德·布兰奇周五在采访中表示，司法部不会根据调查结果重启对鲍威尔的刑事调查。
Trump responded with a social post saying Powell, whom he relentlessly pressured to lower interest rates as Fed chair, “should be forced to resign from the Board.”US Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom Trump has asked to review the Fed inspector general’s report, said in an interview Friday that the Justice Department wouldn’t reopen a criminal investigation of Powell based on the findings.
美联储表示将聘请独立审计师审查建筑成本。布兰奇补充称，如果该审查发现任何刑事不法行为的证据，司法部可能会展开调查。
The Fed has said it will engage an independent auditor to scrutinize the building costs. Blanche added that if that review finds any evidence of criminal wrongdoing, the Justice Department could investigate.
“我预计会有一个审计过程，”布兰奇说。“如果他们发现任何构成刑事不当行为的线索，你最相信我们会对此进行调查。” 布兰奇称司法部不会重启对鲍威尔的刑事调查鲍威尔于5月卸任主席后仍留任美联储理事会理事，这打破了美联储主席在领导任期结束后离开央行的惯例。
“I expect there will be an auditing process,” Blanche said. “If they learn anything that rises to any kind of criminal misconduct, you better believe we’re going to investigate that.”DOJ Not Reopening Criminal Probe Into Powell, Blanche Says Powell has been on the Fed’s board of governors since leaving his position as chair in May, breaking with the precedent of Fed chairs’ leaving the central bank when their leadership term ends.
鲍威尔表示，针对他和美联储的刑事调查威胁让他别无选择，只能留任，这一立场遭到特朗普及其政府其他成员的谴责。
Powell has said that threats of criminal investigations into him and the Federal Reserve left him with no option but to stay, a stance that Trump and other members of his administration condemned.
虽然特朗普长期以来一直施压美联储降低借贷成本，但主席凯文·沃什领导下的决策者们上个月一致投票决定加息四分之一个百分点，以应对顽固的通胀。
While Trump has long pressed the Fed to lower borrowing costs, policymakers under Chairman Kevin Warsh last month voted unanimously to raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point in the face of stubborn inflation.
“正如你们所见，沃什主席投票支持加息，”哈塞特对福克斯新闻表示。“我不同意那个决定，但我们尊重他是出于正确理由才这么做的。”
“As you saw, that Chairman Warsh voted with people to increase interest rates,” Hassett told Fox News. “I disagree with that decision, but we respect that he was doing that for the right reasons.”
特朗普表示，他挑选接替鲍威尔的沃什应该自行做决定，尽管他对《时代》杂志说：“如果我是他，我大概会投票反对董事会。”
Trump has said Warsh, whom he picked to succeed Powell, should make his own decisions, though he told Time magazine “I probably would have voted against the board if I were him.”