澳大利亚财政部长告知POLITICO的堪培拉Playbook播客，该国受制于全球事件和不断上升的债券收益率。
Australia's treasurer tells POLITICO’s Canberra Playbook Podcast the country is hostage to global events and rising bond yields.
堪培拉——澳大利亚财政部长吉姆·查默斯证实，随着全球范围内政府债务的偿债成本飙升，债券收益率上升将在预算中造成数十亿澳元的缺口。
CANBERRA — Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed rising bond yields will blow a multibillion-dollar hole in the budget, as the cost of servicing government debt spikes around the world.
查默斯在接受POLITICO的堪培拉Playbook播客独家采访时，被要求描述更高借贷利率对澳大利亚财政状况的影响，他说：“肯定是数十亿。具体多少还有待观察。”他说：“这是预算面临的一大压力，尤其是为现有债务再融资。”
Speaking exclusively to POLITICO’s Canberra Playbook Podcast, asked to describe the impact of higher borrowing rates on Australia’s bottom line, he said, “definitely billions. How many billions remains to be seen.”“It’s one of the big pressures on the budget, in particular refinancing existing debt,” he said.
为解决这个问题，查默斯将他的推销宣传带到全球，说服贷款机构来到澳大利亚。本月，这位财政部长已访问东京、香港和曼谷，向掌管数万亿美元的投资者推介澳大利亚是金融避风港。
To address that, Chalmers has taken his sales pitch global, to convince lenders to come to Australia. This month the treasurer has been to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok, presenting Australia as a financial safe harbor to investors in charge of trillions of dollars.