NEW YORK – The United States Federal Reserve’s recent decision to launch a third round of “quantitative easing” has revived accusations by Brazil’s finance minister, Guido Mantega, that the US has unleashed a “currency war.” In emerging-market countries that are already struggling with the impact of rapid currency appreciation on their competitiveness, expansionary measures announced in recent weeks by the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan have heightened the sense of alarm at the Fed’s decision.
纽约—最近，美联储决定实施第三轮“量化宽松”，这让巴西财政部长曼蒂加关于美国在发动“货币战争”的控诉又获得了市场。对于已经深受货币快速升值影响竞争力的困扰的新兴市场国家，最近几周欧洲央行和日本央行的宽松措施已经给它们打了预防针：美国可能也要采取行动了。