【英语财经】美联储仍计划今年加息 Fed leaves options open on when to pull rates trigger

The Federal Reserve signalled that it remained on course to lift interest rates this year but left its options open on when to pull the trigger as it awaits more evidence of the strength of the recovery.

In a statement after its latest policy meeting, the US central bank gave a stronger endorsement of progress in the jobs market, saying it was seeing “solid” gains and that slack in the market had diminished since early this year.

However, it stuck with its existing language, saying activity was expanding “moderately” and that risks to the economic outlook were “nearly balanced” — the latter phrase amounting to an acknowledgment of continued uncertainties on the recovery.

美联储(Federal Reserve)发出信号表明仍计划今年加息，但对何时行动保留选择，等待更多有关经济复苏强度的证据。

这家美国央行在最新货币政策会议后发表声明，对就业市场的进展给予更强烈肯定，表示它看到了“扎扎实实的”增长，自今年初以来美国就业市场的松弛已基本消失。

但美联储仍坚持现有措辞，称经济活动扩张“适度”，经济前景面临的风险“近乎平衡”——后一句相当于承认经济复苏仍存在不确定性。

译者/彩云