「暫時的」通膨壓力？
US President Joe Biden has nominated Jerome Powell for a second term as Fed chair, opting for continuity with the central bank’s policies as the specter of rising inflation looms in an election year.
美國總統拜登提名鮑爾續任聯準會主席，在美國大選年通膨上升的疑慮逼近之際，他選擇維持聯準會政策的連續性。
nominate(v.)提名;任命a second term連任;續任continuity(n.)連續性、持續性specter(n.)恐懼、憂慮loom(v.)龐然大物隱約出現;(不愉快的事情)陰森地逼近
The decision potentially gives Powell a reward for helping rescue the US economy from the pandemic. It is in step with a long tradition that the president tends to stick with the Fed chair he inherited from his predecessor.
這個決定可能是回報鮑爾協助美國經濟擺脫疫情。這與長久以來的傳統一致，也就是總統傾向繼續任用前任總統時期的聯準會主席。
potentially=possiblyreward(n.)(v.)報答;獎賞in step with 與…一致stick with 繼續做…事;繼續用某人做事predecessor(n.)前任;前身
Biden has also appointed current Fed governor Lael Brainard to serve as vice chair. She had been seen as a top contender to replace Powell.
拜登還任命現任聯準會理事布蘭納德擔任副主席。她本來被視為接替鮑爾最有力的競爭者。
appoint(v.)任命;任用
“As I’ve said before, we can’t just return to where we were before the pandemic, we need to build our economy back better, and I’m confident that Chair Powell and Dr. Brainard’s focus on keeping inflation low, prices stable, and delivering full employment will make our economy stronger than ever before,” Biden said in a statement.
拜登在聲明中說：「正如我之前所說，我們不能只是回到疫情前的狀態，我們需要把經濟建設得更好，我相信鮑爾主席和布蘭納德博士著重於維持低通膨，物價穩定，實現充分就業，會使得我們的經濟比以往更強。」
The nominations require Senate approval.
這些提名需要參議院同意。
In making the decision, Biden praised Powell for his “steady and decisive leadership” amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery efforts.
做這個決定時，拜登讚揚鮑爾在新冠肺炎疫情和經濟復甦的努力中「穩定而果斷的領導能力」。
amid(prep.)在…中間;在…當中
As chairman, Powell has steered the central bank’s aggressive response to the fallout from the coronavirus. As the economy plunged into recession, the Fed slashed interest rates to near zero in March 2020 and announced a giant bond-buying campaign.
身為聯準會主席，鮑爾帶領聯準會積極對抗疫情的影響。經濟陷入衰退時，聯準會2020年3月把利率大幅降到接近零的水準，並宣佈大規模的購債行動。
steer(v.)駕駛(交通工具);掌方向盤fallout(n.)不良影響;後果plunge into~陷入slash(v.)大幅減少
That policy was adopted after much of the past decade in which inflation fell short of the Fed’s 2% target, but now it is being tested as soaring prices have pushed inflation to a 31-year high.
這個政策是通膨在過去十年的大部分時間裡沒有達到聯準會2％的目標之後所採用的，但是現在隨著物價飆升，把通膨推升到31年高點，這個政策正面臨考驗。
Powell said for most of this year that the inflation pressures would prove “transitory,” a view that has led to criticism that the Fed is behind the curve in tightening policy.
鮑爾今年大部分時間都說通膨壓力會是「暫時的」，這個觀點招致批評，聯準會在收緊政策方面慢半拍。
transitory(adj.)短暫的、暫時的behind the curve落後形勢
In his second term, Powell may have to give priority to inflation at the risk of sacrificing jobs.
在他第二個任期，鮑爾可能必須冒著犧牲就業機會的風險，優先考慮通膨問題。
give priority to sth. 優先考慮;優先處理at the risk of…冒著…風險