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习近平访美前 北京或不理会特朗普新关税措施

2026年7月25日 09:51 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普（左）与中国国家主席习近平去年10月于韩国举行的亚太经合组织峰会期间，在场边会晤时握手。 （路透社档案照）

在最初实施的关税措施被最高法院驳回后，美国总统特朗普重修了其保护主义壁垒，但其中对中国征收12.5%的新关税举措或许只会令北京感到不悦，还不会引发报复。

据彭博社报道，特朗普政府星期四（7月23日）以解决强迫劳动问题不力为由，对60个贸易伙伴征收新关税。

根据彭博经济研究，最新的关税调整，意味着中国将面临美国22.2%的实际关税，比之前的框架高1.4个百分点，因此预计中国相对于其他贸易伙伴的负担将略微上升，比全球平均水平高出11.5个百分点。

新税率取代了7月24日到期的10%全球关税。中国外交部发言人林剑星期五（24日）在例行记者会上重申，中国反对各种形式的单边关税措施，但未直接回应中国会否采取反制措施的问题。

经济学人智库高级经济学家徐天辰表示，“北京肯定会抗议，但这次应该不会有实质性的报复举措。”

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美以“强迫劳动”名目开征新关税 多国纷纷驳斥

特朗普重返执政后，在去年掀起的关税战，一度让美国面度高达145%关税。得益于去年10月中美元首峰会达成的贸易休战协议，两国紧张关系暂且得到缓解。不过，这项协议将在今年11月届满，除非获得延长，否则中国对稀土的出口管制和美国对中国造船厂的调查又将重启。

在今年5月特朗普访华举行美中元首峰会后，华盛顿与北京寻求进一步稳定双边关系。美国国务卿鲁比奥星期三（22日）在马尼拉与王毅会晤时说，在中国国家主席习近平9月访美前，两国政府正推进设立贸易和投资委员会，更多细节将在9月峰会上公布。

特朗普5月访华期间邀请习近平伉俪9月24日访美，星期四受访时也称，习近平将于9月24日访问美国。鲁比奥则说，他预计习近平“到访华盛顿时将迎来非常积极的访问”。

NASA西班牙深空通信站遭野火波及 人员紧急撤离

2026年7月25日 11:13 / 联合早报

7月24日，西班牙卡斯蒂利亚-莱昂省野火产生的浓烟，笼罩住当地乡村，也遮蔽了阳光。 （路透社）

欧洲发生大规模野火，迫使美国国家航空航天局（NASA）人员撤离位于西班牙的三大全球深空通信设施之一，NASA与空间探测器的通信能力受影响。

NASA发言人回复法新社询问时说，马德里深空通信综合体（MDSCC）位于马德里市中心以西约65公里的罗夫莱多，野火已蔓延至MDSCC。任何潜在损失将在安全情况下评估，所有人员已安全撤离。

MDSCC是深空网络（Deep Space Network）的一部分。作为深空网络的三个站点之一，它让NASA能够与在银河系遥远区域进行探索的航天器保持通信。

另外两个站点分别位于澳大利亚堪培拉和美国加利福尼亚州戈尔德斯通（Goldstone）。MDSCC说，这两个站点“已无缝承接相关任务的支持工作”。

MDSCC说：“我们人员的安全与健康是我们的重中之重。我们同样心系周边社区中遭受野火影响的家庭和邻里。”

NASA西班牙深空通信站遭野火波及 人员紧急撤离

2026年7月25日 11:13 / 联合早报

7月24日，西班牙卡斯蒂利亚-莱昂省野火产生的浓烟，笼罩住当地乡村，也遮蔽了阳光。 （路透社）

欧洲发生大规模野火，迫使美国国家航空航天局（NASA）人员撤离位于西班牙的三大全球深空通信设施之一，NASA与空间探测器的通信能力受影响。

NASA发言人回复法新社询问时说，马德里深空通信综合体（MDSCC）位于马德里市中心以西约65公里的罗夫莱多，野火已蔓延至MDSCC。任何潜在损失将在安全情况下评估，所有人员已安全撤离。

MDSCC是深空网络（Deep Space Network）的一部分。作为深空网络的三个站点之一，它让NASA能够与在银河系遥远区域进行探索的航天器保持通信。

另外两个站点分别位于澳大利亚堪培拉和美国加利福尼亚州戈尔德斯通（Goldstone）。MDSCC说，这两个站点“已无缝承接相关任务的支持工作”。

MDSCC说：“我们人员的安全与健康是我们的重中之重。我们同样心系周边社区中遭受野火影响的家庭和邻里。”

Substance found in work van of Mexican man killed by ICE tested negative for drugs, prosecutor says

2026-07-24 20:07:47 EDT / CBS News

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A substance found in the work van of a Mexican immigrant killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has tested negative for illicit drugs, the top prosecutor in Houston said Friday, refuting claims by federal officials that the vehicle likely contained meth.

The revelation is a major development in the case of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a construction worker who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Houston on July 7 after living in the U.S. for 35 years. ICE has maintained Salgado Araujo “weaponized” his vehicle during an attempted traffic stop, prompting an agent to shoot him in self-defense. The other men in the van, who remain in ICE custody, have disputed that allegation.

Roughly a week or so after the killing, which was followed by another fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Maine less than a week later, the FBI submitted an affidavit in federal court saying it suspected that the van Salgado Araujo was driving contained methamphetamine. The FBI affidavit included photos taken from outside of the vehicle that showed small bags with a white crystal-like substance that an agent said was consistent with meth.

But on Friday, the office of Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said the test results had come back negative.

“We can confirm the substance found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van tested negative for narcotics / illicit drugs,” the office added in a statement. “We have notified Salgado Araujo’s family because we felt they had the right to know.”

Teare’s office said it would not be providing more details on the test results, citing an ongoing investigation.

Friday’s findings are consistent with statements by representatives for the Salgado Araujo family, who had maintained the substance in question was likely granulated salt used by construction workers to create a homemade electrolyte mix to brave the summer heat.

The FBI said it did not have any comment on the test results.

In a statement Friday, David Donatti, an attorney at the ACLU of Texas, which is representing Salgado Araujo’s family, said the federal government was “more interested in creating a false narrative than in seeking the truth.”

“Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should still be alive today, and nothing about the government’s so-called ‘search’ could have changed that fact,” Donatti added. “That search has now proven what the Salgado family has said all along: Lorenzo was a hardworking man who made homes for Houston families.”

The FBI and ICE’s internal oversight office are both reviewing the July 7 shooting, though federal officials launched the investigation as one looking into the potential assault on an agent. Teare’s office is conducting its own probe, and he told CBS News he’s “more than prepared” to prosecute ICE agents if he finds criminal wrongdoing on their part.

ICE has said Salgado Araujo was living in the U.S. illegally, though it has not disputed that he lacked a criminal record.

In an interview with CBS News, Salgado Araujo’s eldest sons, both of them American citizens, described their father as a hardworking man who loved music and his family.

“He was drawn by the promise that in America you can, if you put in the work, you’ll get paid what you deserve, and the idea that in America, you can build yourself up from nothing to become someone, and to give your family a better future,” Lorenzo Salgado Jr. said.

沙特主导联军空袭也门胡塞目标 回应红海商船遇袭

2026年7月25日 07:12 / 联合早报

也门塔伊兹市西南临近红海和曼德海峡，是连接红海与亚丁湾的重要战略要地。 （法新社）

沙特阿拉伯主导的多国联军星期六（7月25日）凌晨发表声明说，联军对也门荷台达省胡塞武装军事目标实施打击，以回应胡塞武装近期袭击红海商船。

综合新华社和路透社报道，以沙特为首的多国联军说，胡塞武装袭击红海商船，危害国际海上航运安全。联军此次行动针对与胡塞武装海上威胁直接相关的军事目标，没有以荷台达港为目标，荷台达港仍正常开放，机场航班运行也未受影响。

声明强调，多国联军将继续采取一切必要行动保护航运安全，维护沙特国家利益。如果胡塞武装继续实施敌对行动，联军将继续作出回应。

与胡塞武装有关联的Al Masirah电视台报道，沙特空袭目标是荷台达市国家电信公司设施。这家电视台还说，沙特军队袭击了也门西海岸附近的卡马兰岛（Kamaran）。

沙特自2022年与胡塞武装达成停火协议以来，一直试图避免也门全面冲突再次爆发。停火协议结束了这场战争中的大部分大规模战斗。这场战争造成数十万人因暴力、饥饿和疾病死亡。不过，胡塞武装上周袭击沙特机场，并宣布对沙特实施海上封锁，考验了沙特的耐心。

沙特主导联军空袭也门胡塞目标 回应红海商船遇袭

2026年7月25日 07:12 / 联合早报

也门塔伊兹市西南临近红海和曼德海峡，是连接红海与亚丁湾的重要战略要地。 （法新社）

沙特阿拉伯主导的多国联军星期六（7月25日）凌晨发表声明说，联军对也门荷台达省胡塞武装军事目标实施打击，以回应胡塞武装近期袭击红海商船。

综合新华社和路透社报道，以沙特为首的多国联军说，胡塞武装袭击红海商船，危害国际海上航运安全。联军此次行动针对与胡塞武装海上威胁直接相关的军事目标，没有以荷台达港为目标，荷台达港仍正常开放，机场航班运行也未受影响。

声明强调，多国联军将继续采取一切必要行动保护航运安全，维护沙特国家利益。如果胡塞武装继续实施敌对行动，联军将继续作出回应。

与胡塞武装有关联的Al Masirah电视台报道，沙特空袭目标是荷台达市国家电信公司设施。这家电视台还说，沙特军队袭击了也门西海岸附近的卡马兰岛（Kamaran）。

沙特自2022年与胡塞武装达成停火协议以来，一直试图避免也门全面冲突再次爆发。停火协议结束了这场战争中的大部分大规模战斗。这场战争造成数十万人因暴力、饥饿和疾病死亡。不过，胡塞武装上周袭击沙特机场，并宣布对沙特实施海上封锁，考验了沙特的耐心。

Todd Blanche roasts Adam Schiff in heated hearing: ‘You’re a lawyer, you know the rules’

Blanche defended his handling of Trump’s Stormy Daniels, Mar-a-Lago and Jan. 6 cases, telling Schiff he was wrong

July 16, 2026 11:51am EDT / Fox News

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Schiff spars with Blanche over conflicts of interest, Trump lawsuits

Sen. Adam Schiff tussled with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in a heated hearing moment, where the Democrat accused Blanche of self-dealing while the DOJ official accused the senator of lying.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche came out swinging against Sen. Adam Schiff on Wednesday, denying allegations of self-dealing and intentional refusal-to-recuse in President Donald Trump’s cases, while accusing the California Democrat of lying.

Schiff sparred with Blanche over several legal matters he said prove the nominee is unfit for the job of America’s top law enforcement officer, citing what he described as serious conflicts of interest. Blanche denied the allegations while telling Schiff he was misstating ethics rules and botching key timelines.

Schiff pressed Blanche on whether he met with Justice Department ethics lawyers about his prior representation of Trump in the Stormy Daniels, Mar-a-Lago classified documents, and Jan. 6 cases.

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TRUMP’S AG NOMINEE RACKS UP MASSIVE SUPPORT AHEAD OF CONFIRMATION HEARING: ‘REAL RESULTS’

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Blanche affirmed and said he has recused himself from future litigation or Justice Department business involving any of those suits. But Schiff countered that Blanche reportedly told a crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that there was no conflict of interest in the Justice Department firing prosecutors linked to Jan. 6 or other cases.

Blanche soon fired back when Schiff criticized him for moving to vacate Jan. 6-related convictions for 12 members of far-right groups.

“I was the acting attorney general – so yes, my department moved to dismiss,” he said, adding that there was no reason for him to recuse himself when Schiff pressed him further.

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“From the Proud Boys matter?” Blanche responded with a puzzled look.

“You’re a lawyer, you know the rules,” Blanche told the Massachusetts-born graduate of Harvard Law.

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“There are rules that say when I have to recuse and that’s not one of them,” Blanche said.

“There are rules,” Schiff agreed. “And when you’re told to recuse yourself from investigations that you handle for the president…” — “I always do,” Blanche cut in – “you’re supposed to recuse yourself,” Schiff finished.

Schiff noted that the second volume of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump has not been released and said the Justice Department has opposed making it available.

Blanche denied having anything to do with the decision and pointed out it is not the Justice Department, but a federal judge in Miami that has prohibited its release.

“If you went into court asking them to release it, it would be released by now,” Schiff argued.

Blanche shot back: “What you’re saying happens not to be true – I did not do that.”

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“You can’t accuse me of violating my ethical rules and then lie about what I did,” he continued,

Schiff asked Blanche at length what allegedly evolved in his professional life that led him to be under such criticisms.

“What I don’t understand, Todd Blanche, is what happened to the Todd Blanche who was a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York? What happened to the prosecutor people had respect for,” he said.

“What happened to the prosecutor who said that there wouldn’t be a whiff of political partisanship and then prosecutes the president’s enemies over seashells cases, over making a video stating the plain law in the Constitution?” Schiff said – appearing to reference investigations into former FBI Director Jim Comey’s “8647” post that critics said amounted to a threat on Trump’s life.

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“I think Robert Caro had it right when he said that power doesn’t corrupt as much as it reveals. I suspect it has just revealed who you are and who you are as someone willing to sacrifice everything you once believed in for that title, for that position of Attorney general,” Schiff claimed.

“I am still here. I am the same exact person I was when I was a federal prosecutor in the SDNY,” Blanche replied.

The exchange led to further criticism of Schiff, including from the Trump-appointed prosecutor in his home region:

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“Facts are not Senator Schiff’s strong suit,” claimed First Assistant U.S. Attorney for Central California Bill Essayli.

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Former Alabama federal prosecutor Jay Town called the exchange “excellent.”

“What [Blanche] is essentially saying is that the Justice Department has gone back to the fundamentals of increasing prosecutions and lowering crime nationwide, unlike the Garland DOJ targeting parents, Catholics, etc.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Schiff for comment.

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Americans think Trump won’t get a better Iran deal than Obama did, poll shows

2026-07-16 11:16 AM ET / CNN

Analysis by Aaron Blake

As President Donald Trump has tried to sell the Iran war to a skeptical public, he has repeatedly returned to one particular talking point: that Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal was a disaster, and he’s going to produce something much better.

In fact, Trump has mentioned Obama’s nuclear deal more than three dozen times since the war began, according to a CNN review of Roll Call’s Factbase transcripts.

A new Washington Post-Ipsos poll has some very bad news for Trump on that front.

It finds just 23% of Americans think Trump will be able to unveil a better Iran deal than Obama did back in 2015. And 37% — a 14-point split — wagered that Trump would produce a worse deal.

Another 12% expected the deals to be “about the same,” while the rest didn’t offer a view.

Even among Republicans, only a little more than half (54%) thought Trump will bring about a better agreement.

And that came overwhelmingly from his most devoted backers: 70% of MAGA Republicans said Trump would produce a better deal. Non-MAGA Republicans were about evenly split; while 27% of them thought Trump would get a better accord, 23% thought Obama’s would be better.

Just 13% of independents thought the president would produce a better deal.

The finding in many ways epitomizes Trump’s failure to build the case for a war that’s becoming an increasing political liability.

How many of those people truly understand what was in the Obama nuclear deal inked in 2015, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)? It’s a fair question. Trump ripped that deal up nine years ago, and it was a very complicated agreement.

But that’s kind of beside the point.

For one, the JCPOA was pretty unpopular in real time. While some early polls showed people were open to it, a Pew Research Center poll in September 2015 showed Americans disapproved of it 49%-21%. By early 2016, a Gallup poll showed Americans disapproved of it 57%-30%.

That what Trump is pursuing inspires even less confidence is saying something.

Second, Trump has spent the last four and half months bashing that deal at every turn. He has routinely cast it as a complete sell-out to Iran that put the country on course to have a nuclear weapon.

“You know what the Iranians did?” Trump said a month ago alongside Egypt’s president. “They laughed at Obama and they said he’s a stupid son of a bitch.”

During a Monday appearance on Fox News, Trump called it “the worst agreement that has been signed by this country,” and even seemed to baselessly hint at something much more nefarious about Obama’s motivations for it.

Another key point: Few people think Trump will get a better deal even as he objectively invested much more in obtaining it. Trump went to war, costing more than a dozen American lives, quickly spending tens of billions of dollars and rocking the global economy. And there’s still no end in sight for the war, given Iran’s takeover of the Strait of Hormuz has created a huge problem that didn’t exist pre-war.

Yet the American people seem to prefer the agreement that Obama was able to strike using only diplomatic efforts.

In some ways, the finding isn’t surprising. Previous polls have shown around two-thirds of Americans don’t think the war will actually do much to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon — despite Trump saying his goal was to prevent that outcome forevermore.

And the new poll also suggests that, if anything, Trump’s political problem in Iran has gotten worse. The Post-Ipsos poll indicates 68% of Americans said the Iran war wasn’t worth fighting, which is more than ever said that for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump’s disapproval on Iran is now up to 69% as the midterm election tick ever closer.

But the new poll distills the crux of his problem: Based on the precise standard Trump has set for himself, the war seems like a failure.

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Lower gasoline prices hold back US retail sales, underlying momentum remains

2026-07-16T12:43:49.006Z / https://www.reuters.com/business/us-retail-sales-rise-marginally-june-2026-07-16/

WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales increased marginally in June as lower gasoline prices depressed receipts at service stations, but households boosted purchases of motor vehicles and spent more at online outlets, reinforcing economists’ views that consumer spending accelerated in the second quarter.

The economy’s resilience was highlighted by other data on Thursday showing labor market stability, with first-time applications for unemployment benefits dropping to a two-month low last week. The data did not impact views on near-term monetary policy, with economists expecting the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged later this month.

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“Despite challenges, consumers are still spending and the labor market shows no signs of cracking,” said Ellen Zentner, chief economic strategist at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. “This type of data won’t move the Fed’s needle either way, but it underscores the ongoing resilience of the U.S. economy.”

Retail sales rose 0.2% last month, the smallest gain in five months, after an upwardly revised 1.0% jump in May, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said. The increase in retail sales, which are mostly goods and are not adjusted for inflation, was in line with economists’ expectations and followed a previously reported 0.9% advance in May.

Sales rose 6.7% year-on-year in June, despite household budgets being strained by higher prices from import tariffs and more recently the Middle East conflict. Spending continues to be driven by higher-income households, which have seen their wealth boosted by a stock market rally.

Generous tax refunds this year have provided a cushion and consumers have also been tapping into savings and seeking bargains.

The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report on Wednesday described consumer spending as having edged up in early July, adding that “several districts noted declines in spending on discretionary items or trading down to more affordable varieties.”

Receipts at service stations dropped 5.3% last month after increasing 2.6% in May. Average gasoline prices fell to $4.18 a gallon last month from $4.61 in May, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed.

The modest relief at the pump, which reflected a retreat in oil prices as a shaky ceasefire between the United States and Iran took hold, freed money for spending elsewhere. But the truce collapsed last week and the renewed hostilities in the Middle East have sent oil and gasoline prices rising again.

Receipts at auto dealerships increased 1.9%. Sales at nonstore retailers surged 1.9%, boosted by Amazon’s Prime Day event. Other retailers also offered competing promotions. Electronics and appliance store sales increased 0.8%.

Receipts at sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book stores jumped 1.3%, likely boosted by the FIFA World Cup tournament. But sales at food services and drinking places, the only services category in the report, rose only 0.1%.

Sales at building material and garden equipment outlets edged up 0.1%, while receipts at furniture stores were flat. Health and personal care store sales dropped 0.8%. There were also decreases in receipts at clothing, and food and beverage retailers. These declines could reflect price cuts by retailers eager to attract customers or falling demand as consumers resist higher prices.

U.S. stocks opened lower. The dollar edged up against a basket of currencies. U.S. Treasury yields were higher.

LABOR MARKET STABLE

Retail sales excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services increased 0.5% in June after an upwardly revised 0.8% rise in May. These so-called core retail sales correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product, and were previously reported to have advanced 0.7% in May.

Economists expect consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the economy, picked up in the second quarter after almost stalling in the January-March quarter. The Atlanta Fed’s model is currently forecasting GDP growth at a 1.3% annualized rate in the April-June quarter. The economy grew at a 2.1% pace in the first quarter.

A separate report from the Labor Department showed initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 208,000 for the week ended July 11, the lowest level since May. Economists had forecast 217,000 claims for the latest week.

Claims have retreated after surging at the end of May and staying elevated through mid-June. Some of the recent decline likely reflected big automakers, like General Motors and Ford, foregoing the traditional summer assembly plant shutdowns for retooling and maintenance.

Claims are at levels that economists say are consistent with what they call a “slow hire, slow fire” labor market.

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, fell 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 1.805 million during the week ended July 4, the claims report showed.

Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Andrea Ricci

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美联储调查显示美国经济广泛改善 通胀压力稍缓

2026年7月16日 18:28 / 联合早报

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美联储的调查显示，对于未来几个月的物价走势，各辖区的预期不尽相同：部分辖区的受访者预计通胀将保持当前态势，另一些辖区的受访者则预期通胀将放缓。 （法新社）

（纽约综合电）美国联邦储备局星期三发布褐皮书调查报告，为联储官员7月底的利率政策提供最新指引。报告显示，美国经济过去几周广泛改善，预计未来几个月可继续扩张，就业人数持续增加，但并未推高工资成本；通货膨胀压力稍有缓解，但一些地区的受访商家说，燃油成本前景的不确定性有所提高。

褐皮书是根据全美12家联邦储备银行提供的定性经济数据编制而成。这份最新报告指出，与前一报告期相比，所有12个联储辖区的物价涨幅保持不变或出现放缓。

对于未来几个月的物价走势，各辖区的预期不尽相同：部分辖区的受访者预计通胀将保持当前态势，另一些辖区的受访者则预期通胀将放缓，这在一定程度上归因于燃料价格下降。

在6月中旬举行的政策会议上，由于通胀水平依然偏高，约半数美联储官员预测到今年年底之前，至少会加息一次。

本次褐皮书的调查数据是在7月6日或之前收集，由于此期间中东冲突相对平静，能源价格也回落，因此报告中提及中东战争的次数比上一期报告少。

不过有受访者说，只要中东冲突持续，由其引发的部分大宗商品价格压力预计也将延续，本周战事重燃印证了这一担忧。

美联储主席驳斥AI推高通胀说法

美联储主席沃什星期三（7月15日）出席参议院听证会，反驳人工智能（AI）投资飞涨可能推高通胀的说法，他认为AI投资热潮不一定会导致价格持续承压。

美国经济师和商家近期警告，AI基础设施的建设已导致关键资源与材料出现供应紧张，进而推高能源、劳动力、计算机晶片及软件的成本。

沃什承认AI投资确实推高了一些物资的价格，但他表示短期内的价格上扬并不一定会推高整体通胀。沃什近期一再承诺要实现物价稳定，但他星期三的表态却显示，对于那些他认为属于暂时性的通胀因素，他愿意保持耐心。

沃什也说，AI预计将能提高生产力和工资。他说：“工资一直在以合理的速度增长，但随着生产力进一步提升，工资很可能也会出现更大幅度的增长。”