Five years after the launch of quantitative easing, the US Federal Reserve has begun to unwind. On the day of Ben Bernanke’s last press conference as chairman, the Federal Open Market Committee has decided that it will finally scale down its $85bn-a-month asset purchases programme. The US monetary authorities will now buy $10bn fewer Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities each month.
啟動(dòng)“量化寬松”5年后,美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)(Federal Reserve)開(kāi)始退出。在本?伯南克(Ben Bernanke)作為美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)主席主持的最后一場(chǎng)新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上,聯(lián)邦公開(kāi)市場(chǎng)委員會(huì)(Federal Open Market Committee, FOMC)終于決定,它將縮減每月850億美元的資產(chǎn)購(gòu)買(mǎi)計(jì)劃。這個(gè)美國(guó)貨幣政策主管部門(mén)現(xiàn)在將每月少買(mǎi)100億美元的美國(guó)國(guó)債和抵押貸款支持證券。