AMSTERDAM – For much of the year, investors have been fixated on when the Fed will achieve “liftoff” – that is, when it will raise interest rates by 25 basis points, or 0.25%, as a first step toward normalizing monetary conditions. Markets have soared and plummeted in response to small changes in Fed statements perceived as affecting the likelihood that liftoff is imminent.
阿姆斯特丹—在今年大部分时间里，投资者一直关注着美联储何时“升空”——即何时将利率提高25个基点（或0.25%），作为迈向货币条件正常化的第一步。市场因为美联储声明中的微小变化而波动，将这种措辞的变化视为即将“升空”的可能性的影响因素。