美聯儲宣佈今年第三次加息

The US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the third time this year despite concerns over rising trade tensions between the US and its trading partners.

儘管人們對美國及其貿易伙伴間不斷升級的貿易衝突感到擔憂，美國聯邦儲備委員會還是今年第三次提高了短期利率。

In a statement that marked the end of the era of "accommodative" monetary policy, Fed policymakers lifted the benchmark overnight lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 2% to 2.25%.

在標誌着“寬鬆”貨幣政策時代結束的聲明中，美聯儲決策者將指標隔夜貸款利率上調0.25個百分點，至2%-2.25%的區間。

The US central bank still foresees another rate hike in December, three more next year, and one increase in 2020.

美聯儲還預測今年12月將再加息一次，明年加息三次，2020年加息一次。

That would put the U.S. central bank's benchmark overnight lending rate at 3.4%, roughly half a percentage point above its estimated "neutral" rate of interest.

這將使得美聯儲的基準隔夜拆借利率達到3.4%，大約比其估計的“中性”利率高出0.5個百分點。

That tight policy stance is projected to stay level through 2021.

這種緊縮的政策立場預計將持續到2021年。

The Fed sees the economy growing at a faster-than-expected 3.1% this year and continuing to expand moderately for at least three more years, amid sustained low unemployment and stable inflation near its 2% target.

美聯儲預計今年美國經濟增速達3.1%，高於此前的預期，美國經濟至少在未來三年內繼續適度擴張，失業率保持低位，通脹穩定在2%的目標上下。