美財長呼籲再度刺激經濟

英國《金融時報》 克裡斯•賈爾斯 倫敦, 羅賓•哈丁 華盛頓報導
2011年09月09日 06:52 AM

Tim Geithner, US Treasury secretary, has urged politicians and central bankers to rekindle growth by casting aside “political paralysis [and] misplaced fears about inflation and moral hazard”, as forecasts suggest the world’s richest economies are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year.
美國財政部長蒂姆•蓋特納(Tim Geithner)敦促政界人士和央行官員們拋開“政治癱瘓（以及）對通脹和道德危險的不合時宜的恐懼”，以重啟經濟增長。目前的預測似乎顯示，全球最富有的一些經濟體可能在今年餘下時間繼續停滯。


Writing in the Financial Times, Mr Geithner called on US lawmakers to support a “substantial package of public investments” to boost jobs, Europe to resolve its sovereign debt crisis, and China to strengthen domestic demand and allow the renminbi to appreciate.
蓋特納在英國《金融時報》撰文呼籲：美國議員們應支持“重大規模的公共投資計劃”以提振就業，歐洲應解決好主權債務危機，中國應擴大內需並允許人民幣升值。

His appeal for urgent action followed the release of extremely weak economic forecasts for the rest of the
蓋特納發出緊急行動的呼籲之前，經合組織(OECD)針對今年剩餘時間發布了極為疲弱的經濟預測。

year from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
經合組織調低了之前的預測，稱發達經濟體在今年下半年幾乎將毫無增長，並逆轉了之前提高利率和加快減赤速度的提議。

In a downward revision of its previous forecasts, the OECD predicted that advanced economies will barely grow in the second half of this year, and reversed earlier recommendations for higher interest rates and rapid deficit reduction.
經合組織預計，第三和第四季度，七國集團(G7)各成員國平均季度增長率將低於0.2%，還有再次陷入衰退的可能性。

The OECD expects quarterly growth rates in the G7 to average less that 0.2 per cent in the third and fourth quarters, with a chance of another recession.
經合組織首席經濟學家皮耶•卡洛•帕多安(Pier Carlo Padoan)表示：“如果出現經濟活動長期放緩的前景，那些具備可信財政框架的國家將在應對方面處於更有利地位，且它們應當作出應對。”

“If there are prospects for a long-lasting slowdown in activity, countries that have . . . credible fiscal frameworks are in a better position to react and should do so,” Pier Carlo Padoan, the OECD’s chief economist, said.
蓋特納明確表示，巴拉克•奧巴馬(Barack Obama)總統將反對在2012年進行快速的財政緊縮。他還呼籲其他國家效仿奧巴馬的做法。奧巴馬將在美國時間周四晚公佈一個刺激計劃。

Mr Geithner made it clear that President Barack Obama, who was scheduled to unveil a stimulus programme on Thursday evening, would fight rapid fiscal tightening in 2012 and called on others to follow suit.
蓋特納還堅持認為，“世界各主要央行都還有手段”阻止經濟危機再次出現。

He also insisted that “none of the major central banks are out of ammunition” in the fight to prevent another slide into economic crisis.
美聯儲(Fed)主席本•伯南克(Ben Bernanke)在另一個場合表示，美聯儲“肯定會盡其所能，幫助恢復較高水平的經濟增長和就業”。

Ben Bernanke, US Federal Reserve chairman, said separately that the central bank “will certainly do all that it can to help restore high rates of growth and employment”.
但伯南克在明尼阿波利斯發表講話時，不願討論美聯儲將在9月20日至21日召開的貨幣政策擴大會議上考慮哪些選擇。

But in his speech in Minneapolis, Mr Bernanke avoided any discussion of the Fed’s options at an extended monetary policy meeting scheduled for September 20-21.
然而，歐洲各國央行周四也對要求它們作出更緊迫回應的呼籲置之不理。

On Thursday, however, central banks in Europe ignored similar calls for greater urgency in their response.
歐洲央行周四決定維持貨幣政策不變，盡管該機構調低了經濟預測。歐洲央行(ECB)行長讓-克洛德•特裡謝(Jean-Claude Trichet)表示，歐元區經濟面臨“加劇了的下行風險”。

Also on Thursday, the European Central Bank left monetary policy unchanged even though it revised its economic forecasts downwards and Jean-Claude Trichet, ECB president, said the eurozone economy was subject to “intensified downside risks”.

面對近乎停滯的經濟，英國央行(Bank of England)也拒絕重啟量化寬松。
The Bank of England also refused to restart quantitative easing in the face of a near stagnant economy.

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