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- 摘要
- 鲍威尔呼吁捍卫民主制度，警告这些制度正面临“压力测试”
- 鲍威尔表示，政治化的美联储将丧失公众信任
- 美联储的架构旨在使政策免受政治干预
华盛顿5月31日路透电 — 美国联邦储备委员会理事杰罗姆·鲍威尔周日就政治化的美联储可能带来的影响发出警告，并就捍卫民主制度发出广泛呼吁，这是他结束八年美联储主席任期后的首次公开讲话。
“民主制度需要耗费大量时间、精力和耐心才能建立起来，但却可能在转瞬之间被摧毁，”鲍威尔在领取约翰·F·肯尼迪图书馆基金会颁发的约翰·F·肯尼迪勇敢 Profiles 奖时发表了预先准备好的讲话。
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“即使我们努力完善这些制度，保护其中的精华部分也至关重要，”鲍威尔说道。他将美联储与法院、大学一同列为美国取得全球成功和地位的核心机构之一。
“与许多其他机构一样，美联储也一直在经历压力测试，”鲍威尔表示。就美联储而言，这种压力包括唐纳德·特朗普总统试图解雇美联储理事丽莎·库克、要求鲍威尔辞职，以及对鲍威尔的刑事调查。
明尼阿波利斯/圣保罗市民也获此殊荣
鲍威尔的主席任期于5月15日正式结束。他的继任者凯文·沃什于5月22日宣誓就任美联储主席。鲍威尔决定继续担任美联储理事，部分原因是他认为美联储的独立性仍面临持续威胁，这一决定目前实际上阻止了特朗普再任命一名美联储理事会成员。
美联储的架构旨在使其能够不受政治因素影响制定货币政策。鲍威尔表示：“这些保护措施对公众有益，两党政府都一直予以尊重。”“如果任何一届政府找到借口，因政策分歧罢免美联储官员，那么未来的政府也会效仿此举。公众将不再相信中央银行的决策仅基于全体美国人的最佳利益。”
该基金会今年早些时候在宣布授予鲍威尔该奖项时表示，他“捍卫了美国最重要的非政治机构之一，并在持续的个人和职业风险面前展现出非凡的勇气”。
今年的奖项同时授予了明尼阿波利斯和圣保罗市民，以表彰他们对双子城地区移民执法行动激增做出的公共回应，包括抗议活动和监督政府执法行动的努力。
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Fed’s Powell warns that politicizing the Fed would cost public trust
2026-06-01T00:34:57.669Z / https://www.reuters.com/world/us/feds-powell-warns-that-politicizing-fed-would-cost-public-trust-2026-06-01/
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference at the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 29, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Powell urges defense of democratic institutions, warns they face a ‘stress test’
- Powell says politicized Fed woud lost public trust
- Fed’s structure designed to shield policy from politics
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell on Sunday warned about the impact of a politicized Fed and made a broader call for the defense of democratic institutions in his first public remarks since the end of his eight-year stint as head of the central bank.
“Democratic institutions take much time, effort, and patience to build but can be torn down all too quickly,” Powell said in remarks prepared for delivery as he accepted the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, given by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
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“It is essential that we preserve what is good about these institutions, even as we strive to improve them,” said Powell, who included the Fed along with the courts and universities as among the core institutions key to the country’s success and standing in the world.
“Like many other institutions, the Fed has been undergoing a stress test,” Powell said, which in the central bank’s case has included efforts by President Donald Trump to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook, calls for Powell’s resignation, and a criminal probe of Powell.
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL CITIZENS ALSO HONORED
Powell’s term as chair formally ended on May 15. His successor, Kevin Warsh, was sworn in as Fed chair on May 22. Powell has decided to continue as a Fed governor in part because of what he regards as ongoing threats to the Fed’s independence, a decision that effectively prevents Trump from appointing another member to the Fed board for now.
The Fed’s structure is meant to allow it to make monetary policy decisions free of political considerations, and “these protections have served the public well, and administrations from both parties have respected them,” Powell said. “If any administration finds a way to remove Fed officials over policy differences, then future administrations will do so as well. The public would lose faith that the central bank will make decisions based only on what’s best for all Americans.”
In announcing the award to Powell earlier this year, the foundation said he had “safeguarded one of the country’s most essential apolitical institutions and demonstrated extraordinary courage in the face of sustained personal and professional risk.”
The award this year was also given to the citizens of Minneapolis and St. Paul for the public response to the surge in immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities area, including protests and efforts to monitor government enforcement efforts.
Reporting by Howard Schneider in Washington; Editing by Matthew Lewis
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