Odaily星球日报讯 美联储主席鲍威尔周二在国会开始为期两天的听证会时，向国会传达了一个简单的信息：由于经济表现良好，美联储可以慢慢决定何时以及是否降息。根据事先准备好的讲稿，鲍威尔将在参议院银行委员会对议员们说：“鉴于我们现在的政策立场不如以前那么具有限制性，而且经济依然强劲，我们不需要急于调整我们的政策立场。”鲍威尔还为去年的降息进行了辩护，称这是对其政策立场的必要调整，以应对通胀改善和劳动力市场状况的降温。展望未来，他说，如果通货膨胀率不继续下降到目标水平，经济保持稳定，美联储可能会在更长时间内保持利率不变。鲍威尔说，如果劳动力市场出乎意料地疲软，或者通货膨胀速度快于预期下降到 2%的目标，美联储可能会降息。（金十）

Odaily星球日报讯 美联储主席鲍威尔周二在国会开始为期两天的听证会时，向国会传达了一个简单的信息：由于经济表现良好，美联储可以慢慢决定何时以及是否降息。根据事先准备好的讲稿，鲍威尔将在参议院银行委员会对议员们说：“鉴于我们现在的政策立场不如以前那么具有限制性，而且经济依然强劲，我们不需要急于调整我们的政策立场。”鲍威尔还为去年的降息进行了辩护，称这是对其政策立场的必要调整，以应对通胀改善和劳动力市场状况的降温。展望未来，他说，如果通货膨胀率不继续下降到目标水平，经济保持稳定，美联储可能会在更长时间内保持利率不变。鲍威尔说，如果劳动力市场出乎意料地疲软，或者通货膨胀速度快于预期下降到 2%的目标，美联储可能会降息。（金十）

美联储主席鲍威尔：美联储无需急于降息

Odaily Odaily reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Powell conveyed a simple message to Congress on Tuesday at the start of his two-day hearing: due to the strong economic performance, the Federal Reserve can gradually decide when and whether to cut interest rates. According to the prepared speech, Powell will tell the Senate Banking Committee that "given that our current policy stance is not as restrictive as it once was, and the economy remains strong, we do not need to be in a rush to change our policy stance." Powell also defended last year's interest rate cuts, saying it was a necessary adjustment to its policy stance to address the improvement in inflation and the cooling of the labor market. Looking ahead, he said that if the inflation rate does not continue to decline to the target level and the economy remains stable, the Federal Reserve may keep interest rates unchanged for a longer period of time. Powell said that if the labor market is unexpectedly weak or the inflation rate declines faster than expected to the 2% target, the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates. (Jinshi)

Odaily Odaily News reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Powell conveyed a simple message to Congress on Tuesday at the start of his two-day hearing: due to the strong economic performance, the Federal Reserve can gradually decide when and whether to cut interest rates. According to the prepared speech, Powell will tell the Senate Banking Committee, "Given that our current policy stance is not as restrictive as it once was, and the economy remains strong, we do not need to rush to adjust our policy stance." Powell also defended last year's interest rate cuts, saying it was a necessary adjustment to its policy stance to address the improvement in inflation and the cooling of the labor market. Looking ahead, he said that if the inflation rate does not continue to decline to the target level and the economy remains stable, the Federal Reserve may keep interest rates unchanged for a longer period of time. Powell said that if the labor market unexpectedly weakens or the inflation rate declines faster than expected to the 2% target, the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates.

Fed Chairman Powell: Fed does not need to rush to cut interest rates

Odaily Odaily News reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Harma stated that maintaining a stable interest rate for some time may be appropriate, and it would be better to take time to assess the impact of tariffs. A patient interest rate policy will give the Federal Reserve time to assess the economic situation. The Federal Reserve is well prepared to respond to changes in the economy. The risk of inflation is currently tilted to the upside, and it is unclear whether inflation will continue to decline to 2%. The economic situation is good, and the job market is stable. (Gold Ten)

Fed's Hammack: Keeping interest rates stable for a while may be appropriate

Odaily Odaily News reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Hamrick said that rate hikes are not in my basic expectations, the extent of the impact of the 2024 rate hike on the economy is still unclear, it may be close to the neutral interest rate, and will evaluate <US President Trump's> economic and trade policies, and expects to see changes in the Federal Reserve's stress tests in the coming months. (<Jinshi>)

Fed's Hammack: Rate hikes are not in my base case

Odaily reports that a Reuters survey shows that 67 out of 101 economists surveyed believe the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at least once by the end of June (nearly 60% of economists in the January survey expected a rate cut by the end of March), and 57 out of 99 economists believe the Federal Reserve will cut rates one or two more times this year (56 out of 102 economists in the January survey had the same expectation). Additionally, 27 out of 46 economists said the inflation risk from tariffs has recently increased, 17 said there was no change, and 2 said it has decreased. (Jinshi)