国家经济委员会（NEC）主任凯文·哈塞特周一驳斥了最近的民意调查，反而主张美国经济“正处于繁荣时期”。他在CNBC《早间财经秀》节目中接受采访时表示，消费者支出表明经济依然强劲。
Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council (NEC), dismissed recent polling on Monday, instead arguing the U.S. economy is “in a boom.”During an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Hassett said consumer spending indicates the economy remains strong.
“如果经济民意调查……是正确的，那么人们就不会去住好酒店旅行，他们就不会乘坐飞机，他们就不会购买汽车，他们就不会在对经济感到乐观时做他们现在所做的所有事情，”哈塞特对主持人乔·科恩恩说道。
“If economic polls … were correct, then people wouldn’t be taking trips to nice hotels, they wouldn’t be flying, they wouldn’t be buying cars, they wouldn’t be doing all the things they do when they’re feeling good about the economy,” the NEC director told host Joe Kernen.
从7月到8月，消费者支出增加了1907亿美元，这一数字已考虑到个人消费支出价格指数所测得的年通胀率3.4%的影响。
Consumer spending increased by $190.7 billion from July to August, a figure that took into account the annual inflation rate of 3.4 percent, as measured by the personal consumption expenditures price index.
哈塞特周一主张，“真实情绪”最好通过“看到”美国人正在做什么来衡量。
Hassett argued Monday that “true sentiment” of the economy is “best measured by what you see” Americans doing.
“人们正在做的事情表明，他们认为我们正处于繁荣时期。他们之所以这样做，是因为尽管民意调查这么说，但我们确实正处于繁荣时期，”他对科恩恩说。
“And what people are doing is they’re acting like we’re in a boom. And the reason they’re doing that is because despite what the polls say, we are in a boom,” he told Kernen.
根据会议委员会的数据，9月份消费者信心指数降至2014年以来的最低水平。
Consumer confidence declined in September to its lowest level since 2014, according to the Conference Board.
密歇根大学消费者调查也初步报告称，10月份消费者信心指数为46.3，较去年同期下降13.6%。该调查将于本周五发布本月的最终数据。
The University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers index has also preliminarily reported that consumer confidence was 46.3 in October, down 13.6 percent year-over-year. The survey will release final data for this month on Friday.
虽然失业率仍低于5%，但通胀仍高于美联储2%的目标水平。根据消费者价格指数，9月份年通胀率为3.7%，而8月份为3.4%。
While the unemployment rate remains below 5 percent, inflation is still running above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target rate. Annual inflation in September was 3.7 percent, up from 3.4 percent in August, according to the consumer price index.
持续的通胀迫使美联储官员上个月首次自2023年夏季以来加息。根据CME美联储观察工具，交易员预计美联储下周会议维持利率不变的概率约为83%。
Persistent inflation compelled Federal Reserve officials to raise interest rates last month for the first time since the summer of 2023. Traders are pricing in a roughly 83 percent chance of the central bank holding rates steady at its meeting next week, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
根据弗雷迪·麦克的数据，平均30年期抵押贷款利率为7.4%，也处于近四年来的最高水平。
The average 30-year mortgage rate, at 7.4 percent, is also at a nearly four-year high, according to Freddie Mac.
但哈塞特在周一呼应特朗普总统对经济的积极看法时表示，随着中期选举提前投票的进行，该国经济状况良好。
But Hassett, echoing President Trump’s positive view of the economy, said Monday that the country is in good shape as midterm early voting is underway.
“如果你从整体上看经济所处的位置，我们正经历高增长，失业保险申请人数自二战以来处于最低水平，”哈塞特对科尔南表示，并认为9月份通胀的上升“远不足以掩盖经济的所有利好消息”。
“If you look at, holistically, where the economy is, we’ve got high growth, we’ve got the lowest unemployment insurance claims since World War II,” Hassett told Kernen, arguing September’s uptick in inflation is “hardly enough to overpower all the good news” for the economy.