Name: 川普提名聯準會批評者凱文·華許執掌美國央行！| BBC News (Donald Trump nominates Federal Reserve critic Kevin Warsh to run US central bank | BBC News)
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Now President Trump has confirmed he has nominated Kevin Walsh to be the next chair of the US Central bank, the Federal Reserve.

總統川普現在已經證實，他提名了凱文·沃許擔任美國中央銀行、也就是美國聯邦準備理事會的下一任主席。

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The appointment will still need to be approved by Congress where some lawmakers on both sides have said they will oppose it unless the criminal investigation into the Fed and the activities of current chair Jerome Powell are dropped.

這項任命仍需要國會準許，國會裡兩黨都有一些議員表示，除非針對聯準會和現任主席傑羅姆·鮑爾的調查被撤銷，否則他們將會反對。

Walsh previously served on the Fed's Board of Governors and, and

沃許先生先前曾擔任聯準會理事會的成員，並且

has aligned himself with Trump's view that interest rates should be lower in the world's biggest economy.

他也支持川普的觀點，認為在世界最大經濟體中，利率應該要更低。

Well, with me is our business correspondent Mark Ashdown.

好的，和我一起的是我們的商業記者馬克·艾許唐。

I suppose, Mark, the first question I should ask you is why Kevin Walsh?

我想，馬克，我第一個該問你的問題是，為什麼是凱文·沃許？

Well, let's have a little cancer through his cv, shall we?

好的，那我們一起來看看他的履歷，好嗎？

As you mentioned, he was a fed governor from 2006 to 2011.

正如你所說，他曾在 2006 年到 2011 年擔任聯準會理事。

一位 55 歲、來自紐約的經濟學家。

He's a fellow at the right leaning Hoover Institution, which gives you an idea.

他是傾向右派的賀佛研究所研究員，這點可以讓你瞭解。

Serves on the board of ups, the logistics global supply chain firm.

他目前是 UPS 的董事，這家物流公司是全球供應鏈的龍頭。

He's been around the block on Wall street, it's fair to say.

可以說，他在華爾街打滾多年了。

He was interestingly considered for the role of Fed chair during Trump's first term.

有趣的是，他在川普的第一個任期內，曾被考慮擔任聯準會主席。

他早在 2017 年就為此接受過面試。

So he's been in the running, certainly not nailed on.

所以他一直在競選名單上，但當然不是穩贏的。

There's been a lot of names around the rumor mill, of course, been whirling.

當然，傳聞中有很多名字在流傳，一直都在轉。

And it's also unclear really whether he was in fact Donald Trump's first choice.

而且，他到底是不是川普的第一選擇，這點其實也不清楚。

There's thoughts that he's aligned himself more to President Trump's way of thinking.

有人認為他更傾向於川普總統的思維方式。

He's been an outspoken critic of the Fed.

He's not a fan of this ultra loose monetary policy they've pursued since the financial crash back in 2008.

他不是那種在 2008 年金融危機後，他們所推行的超寬鬆貨幣政策的粉絲。

Interestingly though, he has a reputation as something of a hawk.

不過有趣的是，他有著「鷹派」的名聲。

So worried about high inflation, not so worried about high interest rates.

所以他很擔心高通貨膨脹，但不太擔心高利率。

I think that's going against the grain really of what Trump has been after.

我認為這跟川普一直以來的想法有點背道而馳。

We know he's been putting a lot of pressure on the Fed chair Jerome Powell to lower rates quickly.

我們知道他一直給聯準會主席鮑爾很大的壓力，要他趕快降息。

He thinks that will help boost the economy.

他認為這樣可以幫助提振經濟。

So I think that's helping to sort of calm the markets, calm commentators, that he won't be an all out stooge, if you like, of Donald Trump.

所以我想這有助於讓市場、讓評論員稍微平靜下來，他不會完全成為唐納·川普的傀儡。

But certainly, yes, as you say, his, his instincts are for lower rates at the moment.

但當然，是的，就像你說的，他目前的本能就是傾向於降息。

So there's going to be an interesting balance there.

所以這會是一個有趣的平衡點。

President Trump has had quite a stormy relationship certainly with the current chair I think the latest he called him a mor in the last couple of days.

川普總統和現任主席的關係一直不太好，我認為他最近幾天還稱他為「笨蛋」。

Are we expecting this to be a little bit more of a happy relationship?

我們預期這段關係會比較融洽一些嗎？

Yeah, I think there's no love lost between Donald Trump and current Fed chair Jerome Powell.

沒錯，我想唐納·川普和現任聯準會主席傑羅姆·鮑爾之間可說是沒有什麼情分可言。

Fair to say if we look at how Donald Trump announced this nomination, of course he nominates.

說得公平一點，如果我們看看唐納·川普是如何宣佈這項提名的，當然他會提名。

It has to be ratified, signed off by Congress.

這必須經過國會的準許，簽署。

I have known Kevin for a long period of time, he said I have no doubt he will go down as one of the in Capital's great Fed chairman, maybe the best.

我認識凱文很久了，他說我毫不懷疑他將成為華府偉大的聯準會主席之一，或許是最好的。

On top of everything else, he says he is central casting.

除此之外，他說他是中央選角。

We're also trying to work out what he might mean by the phrase central casting.

我們也在努力弄清楚他所謂的「中央選角」是什麼意思。

The US doesn't open, of course for an hour or so.

美國當然還有一小時左右才開盤。

Precious metals seen as a safe haven when times are troubled.

貴金屬在動盪時期被視為避險資產。

Now, is this a sort of rebalancing moment maybe for portfolios traders thinking, well do I back equities now, move money back into companies because we're looking at a bit more stability.

現在，這是不是一種投資組合再平衡的時刻，交易員們在想，嗯，我現在要押注股票嗎？把錢轉回公司，因為我們看到比較穩定。

利率方面，我們現在是什麼情況？

Well, just this Wednesday, the Fed said it would keep that key lending rate between 3.5% and 3.7% as expected.

嗯，就在這個星期三，聯準會表示，正如預期的那樣，將把關鍵貸款利率維持在 3.5% 到 3.7% 之間。

But it's the comments that are really important.

Jerome Powell again spoke about the independence of the Fed, how important that is credibility.

Jerome Powell 再次談到聯準會的獨立性，以及獨立性對信譽有多重要。

Said once you lose it, it's difficult to restore.

他說一旦失去信譽，就很難恢復。

As you mentioned, he's under criminal investigation, he says orchestrated by Donald Trump to increase the pressure on the Fed.

正如你提到的，他正在接受刑事調查，他說這是唐納·川普為了增加對聯準會的壓力而策劃的。

Will there be some political pressure to make that go away?

會不會有一些政治壓力來讓這件事消失？

Draw a line on that before all this gets signed off.

在所有這些事情都簽署之前，劃下一條界線。

But certainly one way or another, we are getting a new chair of the Federal Reserve, one of the biggest roles in the the U.S.

但無論如何，我們都會迎來一位新的美國聯邦準備理事會主席，這是美國最重要的職位之一。

they set the parameters for the world's largest economy.

他們為全球最大的經濟體設定了參數。

I'll leave you with some comments from Donald Trump on Kevin Walsh back in December.

我會讓大家聽聽唐納·川普在十二月時對凱文·沃許的評論。

He thinks you have to lower rates, he said.

So we will see in the spring where we get to with that.

所以我們會在春天看看情況如何。

That does seem quite appropriate coming from the king of reality TV broadcasting, President Apprentices.

這話聽起來非常適合來自實境節目之王、「誰是接班人」的總統。

Thank you very much, Marcus, our business correspondent.

非常感謝我們的商業記者 Marcus。