Because Trichet’s pre-announcement of a moderate interest rate hike conjures up visions of a Fed-like series of small interest rate hikes over an extended period of time, the ECB president also pre-announced his disinclination to follow in US Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan’s footsteps in this regard. Indeed, a case even can be made that with the new leadership at the Federal Reserve expected to embrace European-style “inflation targeting,” we may be entering a period in which the Fed follows the ECB on critical monetary matters rather than the other way round.
特里歇对利率适度上涨的预先宣告引发了联邦系列利率在长期内小幅度上涨的远景，因此，这位欧洲央行行长还预先宣布，在这方面，他无意跟随美联储主席格林斯潘的步伐。事实上，还有可能出现这种情况：由于联邦储备的新任领导有望接受欧洲风格的“以通货膨胀为针对目标”，我们可能会进入一个在重大货币问题上，美联储跟随 欧洲央行，而非反之的阶段。