费城美联储主席帕特里克·哈克尔对英国退欧给美国经济带来的威胁不以为然，他隐约表示，美联储可能在年内加息两次。
哈克尔在费城的演讲中说道：“在我的风险列表中，英国退欧的风险系数极低。我指的并不是0.1%这样缓慢的加息。”
哈克尔表示，他认为美国经济将会继续增长，在当前的环境下，美联储仍然处在正轨，借贷成本将进一步提高，但他没有明说会在什么时候发生。他说：“我认为年内加息两次是极为合适的。截至2018年底，基金利率的目标利率将接近3%。
在过去几周的复杂经济数据以及英国退欧事件中，哈克尔的同僚们始终保持谨慎的态度，而哈克尔的态度则独树一帜，他的惊人之举可能会引发一系列市场动荡。很多美联储官员在英国退欧之后都表达了对市场不确定性的担忧，因此美联储未来将有何种举动则未可知。
Fed’s Harker dismisses Brexit, suggests two more rate hikes this year
PHILADELPHIA — Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker shrugged off the threat to the U.S. economy posed by the Brexit vote and indicated the U.S. central bank may have two more rate rises ahead of it this year.
“Brexit is low on my list of risks, and I do not anticipate more than a transitory couple of 10ths of a percentage point slowdown in growth” to by caused by that event, Harker said in the text of a speech to be delivered in Philadelphia.
The official said he projects the U.S. economy will continue to grow, adding that in this environment, the Fed remains on track to boost further the cost of borrowing, although he didn’t say when he expects those increases to happen. “I anticipate that it may be appropriate for up to two additional rate hikes this year,” with the funds rate target rate approaching 3% by the end of 2018, he said.
Harker’s call for rate rises breaks from the cautious tone struck by many of his colleagues over recent weeks in the wake of a wave of mixed economic data and the U.K.’s vote in late June to leave the European Union, a shocking move that has set off considerable market volatility. A number of Fed officials who have spoken since the vote have noted elevated levels of uncertainty have made it hard to say what’s next for Fed rate policy.
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