US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was a vocal co-architect of the Fed’s accommodative policy stance under the leadership of her predecessor, Ben Bernanke, so policy continuity is expected. Indeed, the Fed has reiterated its intention to hold the federal funds rate near zero well past the time that the unemployment rate falls below 6.5%, while gradually trimming its purchases of long-term assets – so-called quantitative easing – by $10 billion a month.
此外，货币政策有望继续保持有利，通胀水平也将比预期更低。在前任伯南克领导期间，美联储主席耶伦是美联储有利政策的坚定支持者，因此可以预期美联储政策的延续性。事实上，美联储重申了其将联邦基金利率保持在近零水平直到失业率下降到6.5%以下、同时将其月度长期资产购买（即所谓的量化宽松）规模缩减100亿美元的意图。