As the Federal Reserve’s open markets committee meets for its crucial two-day session in Washington, Janet Yellen faces her first real policy test since assuming the chair in February 2014. Amazingly, she is already almost halfway through her first term. But, so far she has had the relatively easy task of piloting the exit from quantitative easing. The exit plan had already been mapped out by Ben Bernanke, and it was not particularly contentious inside the committee.
随着美联储公开市场委员会(FOMC)在华盛顿召开为期两天的关键会议,珍妮特•耶伦(Janet Yellen)面临着自2014年2月接任美联储主席以来的首次真正政策考验。令人惊讶的是,她的首个任期已经几乎过半。但到目前为止,她所做的只是相对容易的工作——引导美国退出量化宽松政策。该退出计划早已由本•伯南克(Ben Bernanke)制定好,而且在该委员会内部也不存在特别大的争议。