瑞士国家银行（SNB）主席马丁·施莱格尔周四表示，近年来瑞士央行的货币政策应对了广泛的全球危机，并使瑞士通胀大体保持在目标区间。
The Swiss National Bank's monetary policy has dealt with a broad range of global crises in recent years and kept Swiss inflation broadly on target, Chairman Martin Schlegel said on Thursday.
施莱格尔在苏黎世的一次活动上表示，由于瑞士是一个小型开放经济体，瑞郎是世界主要避险货币之一，该国特别容易受到外部冲击的影响。
Because Switzerland is a small, open economy with the Swiss franc being one of the world's main safe-haven currencies, the country is particularly exposed to external shocks, Schlegel told an event in Zurich.
“因为我们是开放的，世界的风暴重重地打击我们，”施莱格尔说。
"Because we are open, the world's storms hit us hard," Schlegel said.
施莱格尔表示，瑞士央行以政策利率为工具，同时也通过外汇交易影响货币条件，将通胀目标设定为0%至2%，并称之为价格稳定。
The SNB targets an inflation rate of 0%-2%, which it calls price stability, using its policy interest rate but also foreign exchange transactions to influence monetary conditions, Schlegel said.
他说，针对新冠疫情后通胀上升，瑞士央行先是允许瑞郎升值以使进口商品更便宜，随后又加息并抛售外币以支撑瑞郎。
The SNB reacted to the rise in inflation after the COVID pandemic by letting the franc appreciate to make imports cheaper, before later hiking interest rates and selling foreign currencies to boost the franc, he said.
结果是，通胀在2022年升至3%以上后，重回瑞士央行的目标区间。
As a result, inflation returned to the SNB's target range after rising above 3% in 2022.
他说，瞄准一个区间而非固定水平，使央行能够容忍通胀波动，避免过度反应。
Aiming for a range, rather than a fixed level, allowed the central bank to tolerate fluctuations in inflation and not overreact, he said.
施莱格尔未对瑞士通胀率近期的上升发表评论。政府数据周二显示，10月通胀率攀升至1.5%，为近三年来年度物价涨幅最高，主要受燃料成本上涨推动。
Schlegel did not comment on the recent rise in the Swiss inflation rate, which climbed to 1.5% in October, government data showed on Tuesday, the highest increase in annual prices for nearly three years, driven by higher fuel costs.
这一上升促使经济学家越来越多地预期，瑞士央行将在12月下次会议上从目前的0%加息。
The rise has prompted growing expectations from economists that the SNB will hike rates from the current level of 0% at its next meeting in December.
尽管经历了许多危机，瑞士央行“大多数时候”都将通胀控制在目标区间，施莱格尔说。
Despite many crises, the SNB has kept inflation on target "most of the time", Schlegel said.
“瑞士央行履行了其职责——中期价格稳定，”他说。“这表明我们的货币政策策略在广泛的情况下都行之有效。”
"The SNB has fulfilled its mandate — price stability in the medium term," he said. "This shows that our monetary policy strategy works across a broad range of circumstances."