堪薩斯城聯邦儲備銀行行長杰弗里·施密德表示,由于通脹高于目標且勞動力市場盡管有所降溫但仍保持健康,他還不準備支持降息。
施密德在堪薩斯銀行家協會(Kansas Bankers Association)的一次演講中表示,近期通脹率的下降"令人鼓舞",如果有更多關于低物價壓力的報告,這將增強他對通脹正朝著央行2%目標邁進的信心,從而降息。
施密德說:“我們已經很接近目標了,但仍未達到。” 他沒有就美聯儲應何時降息發表看法:"政策路徑將取決于數據和經濟實力"。
7月份就業報告弱于預期,招聘明顯放緩,失業率升至近三年來的最高水平,在此之后,美聯儲政策制定者抵制了采取激進行動的呼聲。市場認為美聯儲在9月份下調50個基點的可能性大于50%。
施密德說:"總體而言,勞動力市場仍然健康。上周的7月份就業報告讓許多人對這種韌性產生了質疑。但重要的是要注意到,許多其他指標都表明經濟持續走強。"
他補充說,堪薩斯城聯邦儲備銀行地區的商業聯系人“普遍呈現出樂觀和韌性”。
7月31日,美聯儲官員將利率維持在20多年來的最高水平不變,但暗示離降低借貸成本更近了一步。美聯儲主席杰羅姆·鮑威爾(Jerome Powell)表示,美聯儲最早可能在9月份的會議上決定下調利率。
施密德是較為鷹派的美聯儲官員之一,他表示,兩年前通脹率飆升至數十年高位,這要求在評估進展時保持謹慎,"我們應該從數據中尋找最壞的結果,而不是最好的結果"。
施密德于去年8月被任命為堪薩斯城聯邦儲備銀行行長。這位南衛理公會大學考克斯商學院(Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business)西南銀行基金會研究生院(Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Foundation)前總裁兼首席執行官曾長期擔任銀行家和銀行監管者。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
堪薩斯城聯邦儲備銀行行長杰弗里·施密德表示,由于通脹高于目標且勞動力市場盡管有所降溫但仍保持健康,他還不準備支持降息。
施密德在堪薩斯銀行家協會(Kansas Bankers Association)的一次演講中表示,近期通脹率的下降"令人鼓舞",如果有更多關于低物價壓力的報告,這將增強他對通脹正朝著央行2%目標邁進的信心,從而降息。
施密德說:“我們已經很接近目標了,但仍未達到。” 他沒有就美聯儲應何時降息發表看法:"政策路徑將取決于數據和經濟實力"。
7月份就業報告弱于預期,招聘明顯放緩,失業率升至近三年來的最高水平,在此之后,美聯儲政策制定者抵制了采取激進行動的呼聲。市場認為美聯儲在9月份下調50個基點的可能性大于50%。
施密德說:"總體而言,勞動力市場仍然健康。上周的7月份就業報告讓許多人對這種韌性產生了質疑。但重要的是要注意到,許多其他指標都表明經濟持續走強。"
他補充說,堪薩斯城聯邦儲備銀行地區的商業聯系人“普遍呈現出樂觀和韌性”。
7月31日,美聯儲官員將利率維持在20多年來的最高水平不變,但暗示離降低借貸成本更近了一步。美聯儲主席杰羅姆·鮑威爾(Jerome Powell)表示,美聯儲最早可能在9月份的會議上決定下調利率。
施密德是較為鷹派的美聯儲官員之一,他表示,兩年前通脹率飆升至數十年高位,這要求在評估進展時保持謹慎,"我們應該從數據中尋找最壞的結果,而不是最好的結果"。
施密德于去年8月被任命為堪薩斯城聯邦儲備銀行行長。這位南衛理公會大學考克斯商學院(Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business)西南銀行基金會研究生院(Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Foundation)前總裁兼首席執行官曾長期擔任銀行家和銀行監管者。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeffrey Schmid signaled he’s not ready to support a reduction in interest rates with inflation above target and the labor market still healthy despite some cooling.
In a speech to the Kansas Bankers Association, Schmid said the recent decline in inflation has been “encouraging” and further reports of low price pressures would add to his confidence that inflation was on a path to the central bank’s 2% target, and to therefore lower interest rates.
“We are close, but we are still not quite there,” Schmid said. He didn’t give a view on when the Fed should cut interest rates: “The path of policy will be determined by the data and the strength of the economy.”
Fed policymakers have pushed back on calls for aggressive actions following a weaker-than-expected jobs report in July, when hiring slowed markedly and the unemployment rate rose to the highest level in nearly three years. Markets are putting greater than even odds on a half-point cut in September.
“Overall, the labor market still appears healthy,” Schmid said. “Last week’s employment report for July led many to question this resilience. But it is important to note that many other indicators point to continued strength.”
Business contacts in the Kansas City Fed region have “a general tone of optimism and resilience,” he added.
Last week policymakers kept interest rates unchanged at a more than two-decade high, yet signaled they were closer to lowering borrowing costs. Chair Jerome Powell said a rate cut could be appropriate as soon as the central bank’s September meeting.
Schmid, who is among the more hawkish Fed officials, said a surge of inflation to a multi-decade high two years ago calls for caution in evaluating progress and “we should be looking for the worst in the data rather than the best.”
Schmid was named to lead the Kansas City Fed last August. The former president and chief executive officer of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Foundation at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business was a longtime banker and bank regulator.