欧洲央行推出强力措施刺激欧元区经济.docVIP

E.C.B. Takes Bold Steps to Stimulate Eurozone Economy 欧洲央行推出强力措施刺激欧元区经济 FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank took a series of unexpected and radical steps on Thursday to stimulate the sluggish eurozone economy, including effectively paying banks to lend money. 法兰克福——周四，欧洲中央银行(European Central Bank)采取了一系列出人意料的激进措施，包括相当于出钱让银行放贷，以刺激疲软的欧元区经济。 While increasing the penalty it charges banks to store funds in its virtual vaults, as expected, the central bank surprised analysts and investors by saying it would also offer four-year loans to commercial banks under an arrangement that would pay the banks interest on money they lend to businesses and consumers. 正如外界预料的那样，欧洲央行加大了对银行把钱存放在其虚拟金库里的惩罚力度。与此同时，该行还表示，将按一项协议的规定，向商业银行提供四年期贷款。这些贷款将向银行支付其发放给企业和消费者的贷款产生的利息。此举令分析人士和投资者大感意外。 The actions, which go well beyond what analysts predicted, are part of an increasingly urgent effort by the central bank to give the eurozone economy a decisive shove and to head off the threat of a destructive decline in prices known as deflation. 这些行动远远超出了分析人士此前的预期。它们是一项越来越紧迫的行动的一部分。欧洲央行试图通过该行动大力提振欧元区经济，并防止出现物价的破坏性下跌，即通货紧缩。 But the moves are not without risks, taking the central bank further into the relatively uncharted territory of so-called negative interest rates. 但这些举措并非没有风险。它们会让欧洲央行在所谓的负利率这个相对而言属于未知的领域陷得更深。 The central bank also said it would expand its purchases of government bonds and other assets to 80 billion euros, or about $88 billion, a month from €60 billion. In another unprecedented step for the eurozone, the central bank will also begin buying corporate bonds as part of the asset purchases. 欧洲央行还表示将把每月购买政府债券和其他资产的规模从600亿欧元扩大到800亿欧元。该行还将开始购买企业债券，将其作为资产购买行动的一部分。对欧元区来说，这又是一项史无前例的举动。 The announcement of the moves prompted an immediate plunge in the euro against the dollar, which is good for European exporters, while stocks rose. But the unexpectedly forceful action could also be interpreted as a sign that the European Central Bank is more worried than a