美聯儲主席沃什：我們將成爲一個獨立的央行。獨立性沒有變化。

Fed chair Kevin Warsh said on Wednesday that inflation expectations and inf risks have eased in recent weeks and reiterated the Fed’s commitment to returning inf to its 2% target. He warned that if households, businesses or financial markets expect the Fed to tolerate inf above 2% they will be disappointed and said the Fed will ensure the U.S. achieves price stability.

MIMURA said Japan’s foreign-exchange intervention two months ago to prop up the yen was successful and elicited supportive remarks from some US officials; Washington raised no objections, he added. He said contact with US counterparts has been frequent via calls and emails. The yen’s fall to a 40-year low heightens inflation risk for energy- and food-import-dependent Japan (energy largely imported; over half of food imported).