Is a surge in inflation a significant threat to sustained recovery? The likely answer is: no. But the proposition is no longer absurd, as it was when Kevin Warsh, then a governor of the Federal Reserve and now a candidate for chairman, stated in March 2010 that “I don’t think we should be complacent about inflation risk”. That misjudgment should rule out his candidacy.
通脹飆升是對(duì)持續(xù)復(fù)蘇的重大威脅嗎?答案有可能是否定的。但如今,通脹飆升對(duì)持續(xù)復(fù)蘇構(gòu)成重大威脅這個(gè)命題不再荒謬。而2010年3月,時(shí)任美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)(Fed)理事、現(xiàn)在的美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)下任主席候選人凱文?瓦爾許(Kevin Warsh)表示“我認(rèn)為我們不應(yīng)對(duì)通脹風(fēng)險(xiǎn)感到自滿”時(shí),這個(gè)命題是荒謬的。他的這個(gè)誤判應(yīng)排除其候選資格。