这些天来,每个人都想对贝南克(Ben Bernanke)进行一番精神分析。他是不是想再担任一届美联储主席?还是说他已经准备好等到这一任期在明年1月份届满之后转身走入夕阳之中?他没有参加今年在怀俄明州杰克逊霍尔(Jackson Hole)举行的美联储年会,这背后的秘密动机是什么?有鉴于此,他周日下午在普林斯顿大学(Princeton University)所做的个人风格强烈且饱含忧思的毕业演讲肯定会被外界仔细审视,发掘其隐含意义。不过,让我们把心理分析这些胡言乱语交给那些水平欠佳的债券交易员吧,就事论事地评价一下贝南克的演讲:这是他作为公职人员所做的最好的一次毕业演讲。
Everyone wants to psychoanalyze Ben Bernanke these days. Does he want another term as chairman of the Federal Reserve? Is he preparing to walk off into the
sunset when his current term ends next January? What is his secret
motive for skipping the Fed