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The Federal Reserve said it believes the recent slowdown in US growth is likely to prove temporary as it stayed on course for a further increase in short-term interest rates as soon as June.
美联储(Fed)表示，它认为最近美国经济增速放缓可能被证明为是暂时的，美联储仍维持最早在6月进一步提高短期利率的路线。
The US central bank kept its target range for the federal funds rate at 0.75 per cent to 1 per cent following its latest two-day meeting. In a statement, policymakers led by chair Janet Yellen acknowledged that household spending growth had grown “only modestly” lately, but they emphasised that the “fundamentals” behind consumption growth remained solid.
在为期两天的最新政策会议后，美联储将联邦基金利率维持在0.75%至1%的目标区间。以美联储主席珍妮特?耶伦(Janet Yellen)为首的政策制定者在一份声明中承认，家庭支出增速最近“仅温和”上升，但他们强调，支持消费增长的“基本面因素”仍保持稳健。
US economic growth slowed to an annual rate of just 0.7 per cent in the opening quarter of the year, and core inflation has subsided marginally even as the jobs market continues to progress towards full employment. The Fed lifted rates by a quarter point at its March 15 meeting and signalled that it expects a total of two more increases in 2017.
今年第一季度，美国经济增速降至仅0.7%的年率水平，核心通胀率微幅下滑，尽管就业市场继续朝着充分就业的方向发展。在今年3月15日的利率会议上，美联储加息25个基点，并表示预计今年总共还有两次加息。
The US dollar and Treasury yields held on to their gains after the Federal Reserve said the first-quarter growth slowdown is probably “transitory,” potentially setting the stage for a rate rise this summer.
在美联储发表声明后，美元汇率和美国国债收益率保持涨势。美联储表示，第一季度增速放缓可能是“暂时”的，这可能为今年夏季加息奠定了基础。
