东京，10月7日：据共同社周三报道，日本央行新任政策制定者佐藤绫野表示，她支持分几阶段加息的想法，这凸显了即使是鸽派董事会成员也意识到应对通胀风险的必要性。
TOKYO, Oct 7 : The Bank of Japan's new policymaker Ayano Sato said she supports the idea of raising interest rates in several stages, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday, highlighting awareness even among dovish board members of the need to combat inflation risks.
佐藤是由主张宽松货币政策的首相高市佐江任命的，他是日本央行9月份加息决定的两名反对者之一。她于六月加入了由九名成员组成的董事会。
Appointed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who favours looser monetary policy, Sato was one of two dissenters to the BOJ's decision to raise interest rates in September. She joined the nine-member board in June.
佐藤在接受共同社采访时表示，她决定投票反对上个月的加息，因为消费缺乏动力，潜在通胀没有加快步伐。
In the interview with Kyodo, Sato said she decided to vote against last month's rate hike because consumption lacked momentum and underlying inflation was not picking up pace.
报道援引佐藤的话说：“我支持分阶段调整利率的想法，因为当前的金融状况是宽松的。”他补充说，未来加息的适当时机将取决于消费和收入的发展。据共同社报道，佐藤还表示，未来加息不应有任何预设步伐。
"I support the idea that interest rates should be adjusted in stages, as current financial conditions are accommodative," Sato was quoted as saying, adding that the appropriate timing of future rate hikes would depend on developments in consumption and income. Sato also said there should not be any pre-set pace for future rate hikes, according to Kyodo. Risks to the price outlook were "somewhat skewed to the upside" due to rising crude oil prices linked to the Middle East conflict, Sato said.
佐藤表示，由于与中东冲突相关的原油价格上涨，价格前景的风险“在一定程度上偏向上行”。
INFLATION APPROACHING 2 per cent Along with Toichiro Asada, another newcomer appointed by Takaichi, Sato has been seen by markets as among doves on the nine-member board who could continue to vote against rate hikes.
通胀接近2%与高市任命的另一位新人浅田Toichiro Asada一起，佐藤被市场视为九名董事会中可能继续投票反对加息的鸽派之一。
Their dissents in September pushed down the yen as market players interpreted the move as a sign the BOJ's rate-hike plans would continue to face opposition from Takaichi's administration.
他们9月份的异议压低了日元，因为市场参与者将此举解读为日本央行的加息计划将继续面临高市政府的反对的迹象。
Sato told Kyodo that BOJ rate hikes could contribute to achieving sustained economic growth.
佐藤告诉共同社，日本央行加息可能有助于实现经济持续增长。她说，央行将独立制定政策，但“最终与政府积极的财政政策保持一致”。
The central bank would set policy independently, but in a way that "eventually aligns with the administration's proactive fiscal policy," she said. After spending years treading cautiously in policy normalisation, the BOJ picked up pace in raising rates by hiking in June and September as the Iran war-induced energy shock added to price pressures from rising import costs via a weak yen.
在多年来谨慎地推进政策正常化之后，日本央行在6月和9月加快了加息步伐，原因是伊朗战争引发的能源冲击加剧了日元疲软导致的进口成本上升带来的价格压力。
Upon hiking rates to a 31-year high of 1.25 per cent in September, Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank had entered a phase focused on preventing underlying inflation from overshooting its target, raising the prospect of tighter policy.
在9月份将利率上调至1.25%的31年高点后，日本央行行长上田和夫（Kazuo Ueda）表示，日本央行已进入一个专注于防止基础通胀超过目标的阶段，这增加了收紧政策的可能性。
While the BOJ may pause in October, it is likely to drop hawkish hints that would reinforce dominant market expectations of a December hike, sources have told Reuters.
消息人士对路透表示，尽管日本央行可能在10月暂停加息，但它可能会放弃鹰派暗示，这将强化市场对12月加息的主导预期.在接受《朝日新闻》（Asahi）的另一次采访时，佐藤表示，基本通胀率正接近日本央行2%的目标，并补充称，她对货币政策的看法“与董事会其他许多人没有太大不同”。"
In a separate interview with the daily Asahi newspaper, Sato said underlying inflation was approaching the BOJ's 2 per cent target, adding that her views on monetary policy were "not that different from many others in the board."