(二)在议息会议后的新闻发布会上,鲍威尔指出“We are prepared to raise rates further if appropriate, and we intend to hold policy at a restrictive level until we are confident that inflation is moving down sustainably toward our objective”,这意味着只要觉得合适(即通胀保持韧性的情况下经济还保持强劲的情况下),未来将会再重启一次加息。
从这个角度看,我们认为,既然当前加息或降息均比较纠结,那么“保持观望”便是最好的选择,美联储自身可能也在等待打破平衡的理由,正如鲍威尔自己所说的“Looking ahead, we are in a position to proceed carefully in determining the extent of additional policy firming that may be appropriate. Our decisions will be based on our ongoing assessments of the incoming data and the evolving outlook and risks”那样。