Good morning. The takeaway from Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell’s two congressional testimonies this week was a definitive shrug. Powell the hawk warned that “ongoing progress toward our 2 per cent inflation objective is not assured”. Powell the dove said we’re “not far” from a good enough inflation record to cut rates “so that we don’t drive the economy into recession”. Markets ignored it, and so will we. Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com.
早上好。本周,美联储主席杰伊•鲍威尔(Jay Powell)在国会的两次证词中传达的主要信息可谓是绝对的不偏不倚。鹰派的鲍威尔警告称,“我们朝着2%的通胀目标取得的持续进展并不是板上钉钉的”。而鸽派的鲍威尔则表示,我们离达到足以降息的良好通胀记录“并不遥远”,这样做是为了“不让manbetx20客户端下载 陷入衰退”。金融市场对此不予理会,我们也将不予关注。请通过电子邮件联系我们:robert.armstrong@ft.com 和 ethan.wu@ft.com。