The US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the third time this year despite concerns over rising trade tensions between the US and its trading partners.

尽管人们对美国及其贸易伙伴间不断升级的贸易冲突感到担忧，美国联邦储备委员会还是今年第三次提高了短期利率。

In a statement that marked the end of the era of "accommodative" monetary¹ policy, Fed policymakers lifted the benchmark overnight lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 2% to 2.25%.

在标志着“宽松”货币政策时代结束的声明中，美联储决策者将指标隔夜贷款利率上调0.25个百分点，至2%-2.25%的区间。

The US central bank still foresees another rate hike in December, three more next year, and one increase in 2020.

美联储还预测今年12月将再加息一次，明年加息三次，2020年加息一次。

That would put the U.S. central bank's benchmark overnight lending rate at 3.4%, roughly half a percentage point above its estimated "neutral" rate of interest.

这将使得美联储的基准隔夜拆借利率达到3.4%，大约比其估计的“中性”利率高出0.5个百分点。

That tight policy stance is projected to stay level through 2021.

这种紧缩的政策立场预计将持续到2021年。

The Fed sees the economy growing at a faster-than-expected 3.1% this year and continuing to expand moderately for at least three more years, amid sustained low unemployment and stable inflation near its 2% target.

美联储预计今年美国经济增速达3.1%，高于此前的预期，美国经济至少在未来三年内继续适度扩张，失业率保持低位，通胀稳定在2%的目标上下。