欧洲央行行长暗示：欧元将进一步加息

欧洲央行行长暗示：欧元将进一步加息
 
 
英国《金融时报》拉尔夫•阿特金斯(Ralph Atkins)法兰克福报道
2006年11月9日 星期四

 
 
尽管其它央行和学者对于使用货币供应数据指导利率决策持怀疑态度，但欧洲央行(ECB)行长让-克洛德•特里谢(Jean-Claude Trichet)还是撰文为这一做法进行了辩护。

他的言论可能会加强外界的猜测，即欧洲央行会在2007年进一步提高利率。市场已经预期，欧洲央行将在下个月把基准利率提高25个基点，至3.5%。

特里谢今天在本报发表文章，驳斥了反对使用货币供应数据的观点。他表示，近年来，这类数据一直是欧洲央行利率决策的重要依据。

欧洲央行今日将在法兰克福举行一个为期两天的会议，主题是“货币的角色”。美联储(Fed)主席本•伯南克(Ben Bernanke)和中国人民银行(PBoC)行长周小川等将在会上发言。

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TRICHET BACKS USE OF MONEY SUPPLY DATA TO HELP SET RATES
 
 
By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt
Thursday, November 09, 2006

 
 
Jean-Claude Trichet, European Central Bank president, has defended the use of money supply data to help guide interest rate decision-making, despite the scepticism of other central banks and academics.

His comments are likely to heighten speculation the ECB will raise interest rates further in 2007 after next month's expected quarter percentage point rise in its main rate to 3.5 per cent.

Writing in today's Financial Times, Mr Trichet brushes aside objections to the use of such data, saying it has been an important factor in ECB interest rate decisions in recent years.

The ECB today hosts a two-day conference in Frankfurt on “the role of money”. Speakers will include Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, and Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China.