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The Global Economy Imbalances and the US Counterplan The Uni
The Global Economy Imbalances and the US Counterplan The Uni
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The Global Economy Imbalances and the US Counterplan
The United States must reduce its budget deficit and Asian nations must encourage more consumption in order to prevent a recurrence of the global imbalances that contributed to the financial crisis. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday. Bernanke, speaking at a conference on Asia and the financial crisis, attributed the global crisis in part to a longstanding pattern in which Asians saved too much and spent too little, while Americans spent too much and saved too little. As the global economy starts to recover, the Fed chairman said that " global imbalances may reassert themselves. "
To keep that from happening, the United States must "increase its national savings rate," Bernanke said at the conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The best way to do that, he added, is to reduce the federal budget deficit. While Americans individually started saving more during the recession, the government has boosted spending and increased borrowing dramatically. The national savings rate combines saving by individuals, businesses and the government. "Although we should deploy, as best we can, tools to increase private saving," Bernanke said, "the most effective way to accomplish this goal is by establishing a sustainable fiscal trajectory, anchored by a clear commitment to substantially reduce federal deficits over time."
When asked later what action the country might take to eliminate those imbalances, he stressed finding ways to wind down efforts to stimulate the economy. "We need to develop a fiscal exit strategy which will involve a trajectory towards sustainability," Bernanke said, which he added is " critically important to maintain confidence in our economy and confidence in our currency."
Bernanke has repeatedly urged Congress and the Obama administration to chart course toward a lower long-term budget deficit, even as he endorsed the idea of a government stimulus program to try to prop up growth in the short-term. Bernanke usually declines to take a stand on specific tax or spending proposals, saying those matters are outside the bounds of his role as an unelected official. But he has argued openly for bringing taxes and spending into better alignment over time. In Monday’s comments, he made that point more explicitly than before, calling the restoration of global fiscal balance as essential to avoiding a repeat of the current crisis.
Asian leaders also have to take action, Bernanke said, to encourage their citizens to spend more. Authorities in countries running trade surpluses, which includes most in Asia, "must act to narrow the gap between saving and investment and to raise domestic demand," he said. "In large part, such actions should focus on boosting consumption."
One step Asian nations could take, he said, would be to strengthen pension systems and government spending on health care and education. That in turn could make Asians feel less inclined to hoard money and more willing to make purchases. Bernanke noted that Asian "policies to contain the crisis and global recession seem to be having their intended effect. In India and Indonesia, he noted, industrial output has already hit new peaks. Generally speaking, the Asian response to the crisis appears thus far to have been effective," Bernanke said. [br] What’s the direct objective of the sustainable fiscal trajectory?
选项
A、To increase private saving.
B、To boost individual spending.
C、To expand business saving.
D、To promote national savings rate.
答案
A
解析
推理判断题。根据题干关键词the sustainable fiscal trajectory定位到第二段。该段末句Bernanke首先提及we should deploy,...to increase private saving,随后提及达到此目的的最佳途径是establishing a sustainable fiscal trajectory,由此可推知,该财政轨道的目的是上文的增加私人存款,[A]含义与之相符,故为正确答案。[B]含义与之相反,故排除;[C]含义偏离到了商业存款,故排除;由该段第四句The national savings rate combines saving by individuals,businesses and the government(国家储蓄率是个人储蓄、商业储蓄和政府储蓄的结合)可推知,[D]含义扩大化,与题干要求不符,故排除。
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