美国中央银行星期三看来准备开始向美国市场注入几千亿美元的资金，希望促进萎靡不振的美国经济。经济分析人士说，他们预计美联储制订政策的委员会将向美国经济注入更多的资金，该政策被称为“数量宽松”政策。美联储将在几个月的时间里购买5千亿美元甚至更多的美国政府证券。
美联储主席伯南克提倡这个计划，作为给企业和消费者借贷所支付的长期利息施加下行压力的一个途径。在将近每10个美国工作者中就有一个人失业的情况下，这个计划会使消费者更容易增加支出，也使得企业更容易雇佣更多的工人。但是批评人士说，这个计划可能不会对经济产生多大影响，而且可能会带来另外一个经济问题，即更高的通货膨胀。
The U.S. central bank appeared ready on Wednesday to start pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into the American marketplace in hopes of boosting the nation’s sluggish economy. Economic analysts say they expect the Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee to release more money into the economy, a policy called “quantitative easing.” The Federal Reserve would buy $500 billion or more in U.S. government securities over a period of several months.
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has advocated the plan as a way to put downward pressure on long-term interest rates paid by businesses and consumers to borrow money. That could make it easier for consumers to increase spending, and for businesses to hire more workers at a time when nearly one of every 10 U.S. workers is unemployed. But critics say the plan might not have much effect on the economy and might generate another economic ill, higher inflation.