Biden to nominate Powell as Fed chair 拜登提名鲍威尔连任美联储主席

陈小将

US President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he intends to nominate Jerome Powell for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman and to nominate Lael Brainard as vice chair.
美国总统拜登11月22日提名杰罗姆•鲍威尔连任美国联邦储备委员会主席、(现任美联储理事)莱尔•布雷纳德担任美联储副主席。

"Chair Powell has provided steady leadership during an unprecedentedly challenging period, including the biggest economic downturn in modern history and attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve," said a White House statement.
白宫在一份声明中说："鲍威尔领导美联储平稳度过了一个前所未有的充满挑战的时期，包括应对了现代历史上最严重的经济衰退和对美联储独立性的攻击。"

"I'm confident that Chair Powell and Dr. Brainard's focus on keeping inflation low, prices stable, and delivering full employment will make our economy stronger than ever before," Biden said in a statement.
拜登表示，相信鲍威尔和布雷纳德遏制通胀率、稳定物价和实现充分就业等方面的政策将使美国经济更强大。

Powell took office as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in February 2018 for a four-year term.
鲍威尔于2018年2月开始担任美联储主席，任期4年。