经济学家预计美联储只会降息25个基点

币界网Published on 2024-08-11Last updated on 2024-08-11

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根据大多数接受调查的经济学家的说法,预计美联储将在即将召开的9月会议上将利率下调25个基点。

近80%的人认为,美联储将满足于适度降息,将利率降至5%至5.25%的范围内。

只有少数人认为更大幅度的降息即将到来,计划外利率调整的可能性很小,约为10%。

美联储政策制定者目前并不太热衷于激进的举措。为什么?嗯,7月份的就业报告有点令人失望。招聘速度放缓,失业率达到近三年来的最高点。

尽管如此,以杰罗姆·鲍威尔为首的美联储领导人仍坚持己见。他们专注于两件事:保持高就业率和将通货膨胀率降至2%的目标。

美联储并不着急

在看到最新的就业数据后,摩根大通和花旗集团等华尔街的一些重量级人物现在呼吁下个月降息0.5个百分点。

期货投资者似乎也同意,年底前定价将总共下调100个基点。他们认为美联储可能会在9月份开始降息50个基点。

但经济学家们并不买账。他们认为,美联储不仅会在9月,还会在11月、12月,甚至到2025年初,采取较小幅度的25个基点的降息措施。

每个人心中最大的问题是:通货膨胀发生了什么?7月份美国通胀可能略有上升,但不足以吓到美联储。

消费者价格指数(CPI)预计将比6月份上涨0.2%。这一小幅上涨仍将使年通胀率保持在2021年初以来最慢的水平之一。

就业报告给降息决定带来压力

通胀的缓解给了美联储官员一些喘息的空间,让他们在不失去对劳动力市场关注的情况下考虑降息。

但我们不要过于兴奋——招聘正在放缓,失业率不断攀升。7月份的就业报告显示,美国雇主正在加大招聘力度。

这已经敲响了警钟,因为经济衰退可能即将到来。如果CPI数据如预期的那样,这将证实通货膨胀仍在朝着正确的方向发展——下降。

经济学家认为,在6月份令人惊讶的低读数之后,我们可能会看到小幅上升,但没什么好担心的。这可能是由于核心服务成本上升,不包括美联储密切关注的住房。

由于运费上涨,商品价格也有可能上涨,但我们只能拭目以待。

尽管市场和经济最近发生了戏剧性的变化,但大多数经济学家(69%)认为美国将设法避免经济衰退。他们押注于“软着陆”,即经济放缓但不会崩溃。

另有10%的人认为软着陆是可能的,但前提是美联储采取迅速、积极的行动。22%的受访者认为经济衰退是不可避免的。

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