Officials presented this as part of a plan to tame inflation. 政府官員稱這是為了抑制通脹。
It also hamstrings the Fed, making it difficult to raise interest rates to curb inflation for fear of worsening the housing and financial crises. 也會最終致殘美聯儲,由於它當心房屋市場和金融危機的惡化,使得它很難升息以抑制通脹。