The Federal Reserve manages interest rates to influence financial conditions within the United States. But those decisions can also affect the posture of other central banks because many aspects of international finance rely on U.S. dollars. As the world moves away from a global round of economic tightening, central bankers in the U.S. are seeking to extend the economic expansion, which is among the strongest in the world.

美聯(lián)儲管理利率,以影響美國國內(nèi)的金融狀況。但這些決定也會影響其他中央銀行的政策,因為國際金融的許多方面依賴于美元。隨著全球經(jīng)濟逐漸擺脫緊縮周期,美國的中央銀行正在尋求延續(xù)經(jīng)濟擴張,這一擴張是世界上最強勁的之一。