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。
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.
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。
In a statement that marked the end of the era of "accommodative" monetary policy, Fed policymakers lifted the benchmark overnight lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 2% to 2.25%.
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。
The US central bank still foresees another rate hike in December, three more next year, and one increase in 2020.
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 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.
这种紧缩的政策立场预计将持续到2021年。
That tight policy stance is projected to stay level through 2021.
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。
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.