美联储理事克里斯托弗·沃勒表示，为了遏制通胀，可能还需要进一步加息，但官员们在时间上有一定的灵活性，不必在连续的政策会议上加息。
Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said further interest-rate hikes will likely be needed to slow inflation, though officials have some flexibility on timing and don’t need to tighten at consecutive policy meetings.
沃勒在土耳其央行主办的伊斯坦布尔活动上发表讲话时说：“如果经济数据继续按照预期发展，我预计还会有更多加息措施，以支持通胀更及时地回归我们的2%目标。”他表示，但在何时加息上存在一定的灵活性。加息不必在连续的会议上进行，但应该在一个可接受的时间范围内落实。沃勒的表态与其他一些美联储高官的近期言论大致一致，他们表示美联储在考虑再次加息之前有时间评估经济状况。
“If the economic data continue to come in as expected, I anticipate additional hikes to support a timelier return of inflation to our 2% goal,” Waller said Thursday in a speech at an event in Istanbul organized by Turkey’s central bank. “But there is some flexibility about when those hikes will occur. The hikes do not need to come at consecutive meetings, but they should be in place in an acceptable period of time.”The signal from Waller broadly echoes recent remarks from other top Fed officials, who have suggested the US central bank has time to assess the economy before considering another rate increase.
美联储公开市场委员会上个月 unanimously 投票决定将其基准利率目标区间上调，这是自2023年7月以来的首次加息。
The Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously last month to raise the target range for its benchmark for the first time since July 2023.
自那以后，投资者们根据期货数据缩减了对本月晚些时候美联储会议上再次加息的预期，而是将目光转向12月的下一次加息。
Investors have since pared back expectations that the Fed will again raise rates when they meet later this month and are instead betting on a next hike in December, according to futures.
沃勒表示，9月加息的决定并非基于单一数据点，而是基于通胀仍然过高的诸多迹象的综合判断。
Waller said the decision to raise rates in September didn’t rest on a single data point but instead reflected the culmination of signs that inflation remains too high.
沃勒说：“有证据表明，今年下半年经济活动正在增强，我并不太担心更紧的货币政策会威胁到经济遭受损害的放缓。”
“With evidence that economic activity is strengthening in the second half of this year, I am not greatly concerned that tighter monetary policy threatens a damaging slowdown in the economy,” Waller said.
“但我担忧的是，最近通胀的加速上行——在美联储政策委员会目标之上即将迎来5年半的时间——将导致消费者、投资者和定价企业提高对未来通胀的预期，”他说。
“But I am concerned that the recent acceleration in inflation — after what soon will be five and half years of it above the FOMC’s target — will lead consumers, investors, and price-setting businesses to revise up their expectations for future inflation,” he said.
在其演讲中，华勒概述了所谓的《经济预测摘要》（又称点图）在其中的作用，该点图是官员们用来表达他们对货币政策前景的看法。9月会议后发布的预测显示，中位数官员认为今年还将有一次额外加息可能是适当的。
In his speech, Waller outlined the role played by the so-called Summary of Economic Projections, or dot plot, which officials use to signal their outlook for monetary policy. The projections published after the September meeting showed the median official thought one additional hike this year would likely be appropriate.
华勒表示：“阅读2027年全年的点图有点复杂，因为它们可能反映出年初的加息，然后在年末进行减息，但有8位参与者预计2027年年底时利率将比今天高50个基点。”
“It gets a little complicated reading the dots for the full year of 2027, since they may reflect hikes early in the year and then cuts later in the year, but eight participants expect that rates will be 50 basis points higher at the end of 2027 than they are today,” Waller said.