美联储主席预测美国经济发展速度将明显放缓美联储主席伯南克11月8日表示,鉴于美国楼市持续下滑、油价飙涨及通胀的风险增加,预期今年第四季度美国经济增长将明显放缓。伯南克当天出席美国国会参众两院联合经济委员会听证会时说,尽管今年迄今为止美国经济的表现仍然活跃,但他和联邦公开市场委员会(FOMC)的同僚预计,未来美国经济的成长率将“显著”低于第三季度的水平,2008年上半年将维持疲软状态。 Federal Reserve Chairman Predicts U.S. Economic Growth Will Decelerate Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on November 8 that U.S. economy is expected to slow significantly in the fourth quarter of this year due to the soaring property prices and rising risk of inflation in the United States. At the hearing of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, Bernanke said although the U.S. economy so far this year is still active, his colleagues at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) predict that in the future the U.S. economy will grow at a faster rate Will be “significantly” below the level of the third quarter, the first half of 2008 will remain weak.