Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has persuaded his colleagues to make a bold decision. By a majority of 11 to one, they decided last week to undertake a monthly programme of asset purchases aimed at the labour market. Is this riskless? No. Does it make sense? Yes, because the results of doing nothing would be far worse.
美联储(Federal Reserve)主席本•伯南克(Ben Bernanke)说服自己的同事做出了一个大胆的决定。以11票支持、1票反对的压倒性多数，联邦公开市场委员会(FOMC)上周决定出台每月一次的资产购买计划以改善就业市场形势。这一举措毫无风险吗？当然不是。那么这一举措是否明智？是的，因为不采取任何行动将导致严重得多的后果。
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