(원문)美 5월 FOMC 통화정책 방향 발표문

[뉴욕=이데일리 하정민특파원] 다음은 9일(현지시간) 미국 연방준비제도이사회(FRB)가 공개한 5월 공개시장위원회(FOMC) 성명서입니다.

The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the fed eral funds rate at 5-1/4 percent.

Economic growth slowed in the first part of this year and the adjustment in th e housing sector is ongoing. Nevertheless, the economy seems likely to expand at a moderate pace over coming quarters.

Core inflation remains somewhat elevated. Although inflation pressures seem li kely to moderate over time, the high level of resource utilization has the pot ential to sustain those pressures.

In these circumstances, the Committee's predominant policy concern remains the risk that inflation will fail to moderate as expected. Future policy adjustmen ts will depend on the evolution of the outlook for both inflation and economic growth, as implied by incoming information.

Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were: Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman; Timothy F. Geithner, Vice Chair man; Thomas M. Hoenig; Donald L. Kohn; Randall S. Kroszner; Cathy E. Minehan; Frederic S. Mishkin; Michael H. Moskow; William Poole; and Kevin M. Warsh.