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智课网TOEFL备考资料美央行提防经济风险一托福阅读机经背景 The U.S. central bank says America’s economic recovery has slowed, and that near-zero interest rates are expected to remain in place for another year. The statement from Federal Reserve policymakers came after a U.S. credit rating downgrade and significant losses on global financial markets. 美国中央银行表示，美国经济复苏已经减慢，接近0的低利率预计将继续保持一年。这份来自美联储政策制定者的声明是在美国信用评级被下调，全球金融市场损失惨重之后发表的。 If nervous investors were looking for swift, aggressive action from the Federal Reserve in response to the U.S. credit rating downgrade, lagging economic growth, and upheaval in financial markets, Tuesday’s meeting of Fed policymakers gave them little to cheer about. 如果紧张的投资者正在寻求美联储采取迅速大胆的行动，以应对美国信用评级被下调，经济增长乏力以及金融市场的剧烈动荡局面，那么美联储8月9日(星期二)的会议无疑没有给他们带来什么值得欣喜的消息。 With interest rates already at historic lows, the U.S. central bank announced no interest rate or policy changes, nor any new rounds of monetary infusions. That, despite noting what the Fed termed heightened “downside” risks to an economic recovery that many economists believe is stalling. 利率已经处于历史的低点，美国央行没有宣布利率或者政策变动，或是注入任何新的资金。虽然美联储指称经济复苏面临增大的减速下行风险，但是很多经济学家认为经济复苏实际上正在停滞。 Even so, the Federal Reserve did not rule out future action, saying its Open Market Committee discussed a “range of policy tools available to promote a stronger economic recovery.” 不过美联储并没有排除未来采取行动的可能性，美联储表示其开放市场委员会讨论了一系列促进经济更强有力复苏的政策工具。 Bank of New York Mellon global financial strategist Jack Malvey said, “I think they [Federal Reserve officials] would prefer to see the markets try and reach equilibrium on their own, said Malvey. This [market upheaval] really is not [a repeat of the financial crisis of] 2008. This is a response to an overload of negative factors over the course of the last couple of weeks. And it does provide some basis for optimism and not-too-distant [market] stabilization.” 纽约梅隆银行的全球金融战略专家杰克·马尔维说：“我认为美联储的官员更希望看到市场自己努力达到平衡和稳定。市场的剧烈起伏真的不是2008 年金融危机的翻版。这是市场对过去几个星期以来的过量负面因素的反应。这确实为乐观情绪以及距离市场恢复稳定不太