美国财政部国际事务高官对最新由中国领导层提出的增加国内需求的承诺表示欢迎，并强调希望看到实际行动跟上步伐。“这是一步重要的进展，他们在承认国内需求增长需要提速、并以消费和内需来支撑经济增长方面迈出了重要步伐，”他接受博世克电视节目《平衡权力》采访时指出。此次评论发表于中国国家主席在周四早间主持的中共高层会议上做出的重要宣示之后，在会上官员承诺要使饱受冲击的房地产市场“止跌”，这被视作对提振这一对中国消费者信心打击较大的行业最强烈的支持。
他提到，美国代表团上周在北京与中方会谈时强调了一点：“他们的储蓄率非常高。”这种高储蓄率造成了国内经济的巨大不平衡现象，产生了大量供过于求的商品问题。财长耶伦过去曾反复警告中国不要采取依赖出口增长的策略，而拜登政府也加入了前总统特朗普对来自中国的进口商品征收关税的行列，旨在保护美国生产商。
舒巴赫指出，中方确实对抗议产能过剩的情况提出反驳。他也将美国的关税描述为“防御性的”，是国际社会对中国行动反应的一部分。
问及耶伦是否会与她的中国同行副总理刘鹤再次举行会议时，他表示不确定。但同时也提到双方都认识到经济对话渠道“极为重要”。
他还提及，中国政府可通过加强社会保障体系、减少民众对未来储蓄的担忧来促进国内需求。同时，改善国内外籍常住居民居留证系统也能帮助提振消费和房地产购买活动。
此外，舒巴赫补充道，增加农村地区养老金保障措施，考虑到这些地区高消费倾向，这将有助于解决不平等现象。而且，通过改革现有的居住权体系以确保广大人口获得更广泛的安全网访问途径，也可能促进消费增长。
新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：US Treasury Urges China Take ‘Concrete Steps’ to Bolster Economic Growth
新闻日期：2024-09-26
原文摘要：
The US Treasury’s top international official welcomed fresh pledges from China’s leadership to bolster , while urging Beijing to follow up with meaningful actions.“It’s an important step that they are acknowledging that domestic demand needs to go faster and that they need to support their growth with consumption and with domestic demand,” , the Treasury undersecretary for international affairs, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s Balance of Power.He spoke after Chinese President earlier Thursday presided over a top Communist Party gathering where officials pledged to make the real estate market “stop declining” — their strongest vow yet to stabilize the sector that’s hammered Chinese consumer confidence. Earlier in the week, the central bank cut a raft of interest rates among other easing measures.Read more: “I don’t know that I’ve seen anything concrete yet that I think would really answer” the question as to whether growth concerns have been addressed, Shambaugh said. One example of consumption-boosting steps China could take is strengthening pensions for residents in rural areas, where there’s a “very high propensity to consume,” he said in follow-up remarks to Bloomberg, adding that that would also help address inequality.The Treasury undersecretary said that, in his meetings with Chinese officials on a visit to Beijing last week, the US delegation emphasized that “their savings rate is really high.” This “leads to this huge kind of imbalance in their economy,” with mass production of goods for which there’s insufficient domestic demand.Treasury Secretary has repeatedly warned China against pursuing a strategy of relying on exports for growth, and the Biden administration has added to the welter of tariff hikes that former President placed on Chinese imports, in order to safeguard American producers.Shambaugh noted that Chinese officials “certainly push back on the narrative of overcapacity.” He also characterized US tariffs as “defensive,” and part of a broader international response to the course that China has pursued.Read more: Asked whether Yellen will hold another meeting with her Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier , Shambaugh said, “I’m not sure.” He also said that both sides recognize that the economic channel of dialogue “is a really important one.”Among other measures could take to aid domestic demand is “a better social safety” that leaves households “less worried about having to save for the future,” Shambaugh said. Overhauling the domestic residence permit system, which leaves a swath of the population with reduced access to the safety net, could help bolster spending and home purchases, he said.
