欧洲央行行长 Christine Lagarde：债券抛售推高欧元区借贷成本 将放缓增长并抑制通胀
据路透社 10 月 17 日报道，欧洲中央银行行长 Christine Lagarde 周六表示，债券抛售正在使欧元区的借贷变得更加昂贵，从而抑制经济增长，并最终抑制通胀。
近几周，全球债券收益率大幅上升，其中背负沉重债务的法国受冲击最严重之一，背后是市场对债务与通胀的担忧，以及超级智能投资对信贷日益激烈的争夺。
Lagarde 表示，这将使消费者比欧洲央行上个月所预测的更难吸收伊朗战争带来的更高燃料价格。
Lagarde 在曼谷对与会的各国央行行长和财政部长说：「尽管增长一直具有韧性，但融资条件已经收紧，自我们上次会议以来长期利率显著上升。」「这将使增长放缓，并使（通胀）传导的减少幅度超过我们 9 月测算时的预测。」
欧洲央行在过去四个月里已两次加息，预计 12 月还将再次加息，届时其政策利率将升至 2.75%——欧洲央行认为这一水平具有限制性，即会抑制经济活动。
欧洲央行另一位政策制定者、德国央行行长 Joachim Nagel 暗示，未来可能还会有进一步的政策收紧，不过他补充说，欧洲央行将根据陆续公布的数据在每次会议上作出决定。Nagel 在泰国首都的一场 DZBank 活动上说：「我们正在与通胀作斗争，我认为这项工作到目前为止还没有完成。」「我确实认为，我们可能还必须做得更多。」
与 Nagel 一同发言的芬兰同事 Olli Rehn 表示，欧洲央行将留意能源通胀对其他价格和工资的「第二轮效应」。Rehn 说：「目前还没有第二轮效应的迹象，但我们会保持警惕，因为它们可能会像穿着袜子的猫一样悄悄潜入。」
（来源：路透社）
Lagarde Says Bond Selloff Will Slow Growth and Inflation in the Euro Zone
Bangkok — A selloff in bonds is making borrowing more expensive in the euro zone, curbing economic growth and ultimately inflation, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said on Saturday, October 17, Reuters reported.
Bond yields around the world have surged in recent weeks, with debt-laden France among the hardest hit, on the back of worries about debt and inflation as well as growing competition for credit from SI investments.
Lagarde said this would make it harder than the ECB had projected last month for consumers to absorb higher fuel prices from the Iran war.
"While growth has been resilient, financing conditions have tightened, with long-term interest rates rising notably since our last meeting," Lagarde told fellow central bankers and finance ministers gathering in Bangkok. "This will slow growth and reduce pass-through by more than projected in our September exercise."
The ECB has raised interest rates twice in the last four months and a further hike is expected in December, which would take its policy rate to 2.75% — a level it considers restrictive, or curtailing economic activity.
Fellow ECB policymaker Joachim Nagel hinted at more policy tightening ahead, although he added that the central bank would decide at each meeting based on incoming data. "We are fighting against inflation, I'm of the opinion that the job is not done so far," the Bundesbank president told a DZ Bank event in the Thai capital. "I do see that maybe we have to do more."
Speaking alongside Nagel, his Finnish colleague Olli Rehn said the ECB would watch out for "second-round effects" from energy inflation on other prices and wages. "There is no sign of second-round effects, but we will stay vigilant because they might creep in quietly like a cat in socks," Rehn said.
(Source: Reuters)
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