2020年,美联储调整其政策框架,允许通胀率适度超过2%的年度目标,以弥补过去物价涨幅滞后的情况。这一转变发生在经济经历十年缓慢增长和低通胀时期之后。随着2021年开始的疫情后通胀飙升,美联储已从这些调整中后退。
前美联储官员凯文·沃什向参议院银行委员会表示,重写通胀任务指引的后果是经济"最终承受了更严重的通胀压力"。他补充称,这一举措是"我们仍在应对的通胀激增现象的根源"。
沃什同时指出,美联储应当"恪守本职",否则可能涉足其缺乏专业知识的领域并"丧失政策焦点"。此番评论是针对部分地区联储银行近期转向气候变化和多样性等传统职权范围外议题的回应。
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