国际货币基金组织周四表示，美国联邦储备委员会在制定货币政策时密切关注美国经济数据是适当的，此前一天美国央行维持关键利率不变。
The US Federal Reserve is appropriately keeping a close watch on US economic data as it shapes its monetary policy, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, a day after the US central bank left its key interest rate unchanged.
国际货币基金组织发言人朱莉·科扎克在例行简报会上对记者表示，国际货币基金组织完全支持美联储主席凯文·沃什关于美联储关注价格稳定的言论，并指出美国总体通胀仍高于美联储2%的目标。
IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack told reporters at a regular briefing that the IMF fully supported comments from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh about the Fed's focus on price stability, noting that US headline inflation remained above the Fed's 2% target.
她说，美联储和欧洲央行本周在政策会议上均维持利率不变，它们正处于高度不确定的环境中，在前行过程中需要密切关注经济数据。
She said the Fed and the European Central Bank, which both left interest rates unchanged at policy meetings this week, were operating in an environment of high uncertainty, and needed to look closely at economic data as they moved forward.
美国商务部周四报告称，美国经济第三季度以一年来最快速度增长，消费者保持强劲支出、企业加大对人工智能的投资，抵消了中东冲突导致的油价上涨影响。
The US Commerce Department on Thursday reported that the US economy grew at its fastest pace in a year in the third quarter, shrugging off higher oil prices stemming from the conflict in the Middle East as consumers maintained robust spending and businesses doubled down on investment in AI.
这份预估国内生产总值报告发布于周二中期选举前不到一周，中期选举将决定国会控制权。经济学家表示，强劲增长连同周四公布的其他数据显示9月通胀加速且范围扩大，强化了美联储12月加息的理由。
The advance GDP report was published less than a week before Tuesday's midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress. Economists said the strong growth, together with other data on Thursday showing inflation accelerating and broadening out in September, bolstered the argument for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December.
美国央行周三将基准隔夜利率维持在3.75%至4.00%区间，同时承认通胀“依然居高不下”。“美联储昨天决定维持利率不变，此前在9月曾加息，美联储在承认美国经济持续强劲和通胀上行风险的同时，适当地保持对数据的依赖，”科扎克说。
The US central bank on Wednesday left its benchmark overnight interest rate in the 3.75% to 4.00% range while acknowledging that inflation "remains elevated." "The Fed decided to remain on hold yesterday, following a rate hike in September, and the Fed is appropriately remaining data dependent while it's acknowledging the continued strength of the US economy and the upside risks to inflation," Kozack said.
她表示，随着时间的推移，美联储“继续专注于物价稳定，并根据需要采取行动降低通胀”非常重要。科扎克说，尽管油价和通胀较高，但美国经济增长强劲，主要得益于私人消费和投资。生产率提高支撑了增长，每小时产出年均增长2.5%，远高于新冠疫情前的水平和其他国家的水平。
Over time, she said, it was very important for the Fed to "remain focused on price stability and to act as needed to bring inflation down." Kozack said growth has been strong in the United States, driven by private consumption – despite higher oil prices and inflation – and investment. Growth was being supported by productivity gains, with output per hour having grown by 2.5% per year, well above rates seen both before the COVID pandemic and in other countries.
但她指出，生产率提高的成果并未广泛惠及各方，特别是在科技行业，且与股市极其强劲的表现相关联，美国应努力确保这些成果继续惠及更广泛的领域。
But she noted that productivity gains were not as widely shared, particularly in the technology sector and associated with very strong equity markets, and the US should work to ensure that those gains continued to broaden.