Federal Reserve officials said Tuesday they saw rising risks in the world economy, but didn't commit themselves to supporting more central-bank measures to boost growth.
美联储(Federal Reserve)官员周二称，世界经济面临的风险正在上升，但这些官员没有承诺支持美联储采取更多措施提振增长。
Fed vice chairwoman Janet Yellen urged leaders in Europe, China and the U.S. to take stronger action to prevent a new global recession.
美联储副主席耶伦(Janet Yellen)呼吁欧洲、中国和美国的领导人采取更大力度的行动防止全球经济陷入新一轮衰退。
'The global economy is facing critical challenges,' Ms. Yellen said at a conference on Asia hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She cited risks posed by Europe's debt crisis, slowing growth in emerging Asian economies and the hobbled U.S. housing market.
耶伦在旧金山联邦储备银行(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)召开的亚洲经济政策会议上说，全球经济正面临严峻挑战。她的理由包括欧洲债务危机带来风险、亚洲新兴经济体增长步伐放慢以及美国楼市举步维艰。
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday the global economic outlook had deteriorated significantly, with the euro zone headed for a recession.
经济合作与发展组织(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development，简称经合组织)周一指出，全球经济前景已经显著恶化，而欧元区正在超衰退迈进。
Ms. Yellen noted that the Fed still had room to help the faltering U.S. economy, either by signaling that short-term interest rates could stay close to zero for longer than people expect or by pushing down long-term rates through bond purchases.
耶伦提到，美联储仍有余地扶持步履蹒跚的美国经济，具体办法可以是，发出信号表明短期利率将在比人们预期的更长的时间内维持在0附近，也可以是购买债券压低长期利率。
Several other Fed officials oppose such purchases, worrying that they wouldn't do much to help the economy and might ignite higher inflation.
另外几位美联储官员反对购买债券，他们担心此举非但起不到多大扶助经济的作用，反而有可能引发更严重的通货膨胀。
'I am skeptical that further asset purchases will produce much gain,' Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said in a speech in Atlanta.
亚特兰大联储银行行长洛克哈特(Dennis Lockhart)在亚特兰大发表讲话时称，不太相信进一步购买资产能带来多大好处。
But Mr. Lockhart, who will be a voting member of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee in 2012, added: 'I don't think any option should be taken off the table.'
但洛克哈特还说，任何选择都不应排除在讨论范围之外。洛克哈特将在2012年成为政策制定机构──联邦公开市场委员会(Federal Open Market Committee)具有投票权的委员。
If the Fed decides to buy more assets, it would be better to have a flexibleprogram that allows it to buy bonds as needed rather than promise a big amount up front as it has been doing, said San Francisco Fed President John Williams.
旧金山联储银行行长威廉姆斯(John Williams)说，如果美联储决定购买更多资产，那么最好是推出一个灵活计划，按需购买债券，而不是像过去那样预先承诺大量买进。
'It would be beneficial if we could have an asset purchase program
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