And here we are again. Hello darkness my old friend(《寂静之声》歌词，表达无奈与重复的困境). Interest rates up again and talk of a recession if needed.
我们又回到了这里。你好，黑暗，我的老朋友。利率再次上升，如果需要，还会谈论经济衰退。
The Reserve Bank’s enacting legislation(授权立法；颁布的法律) gives it a dual mandate(双重使命；双重职责) – “price stability [ie stable inflation] and the maintenance of full employment(充分就业) in Australia”. But in reality the RBA seems to ignore the “full employment” aspect overall and we now need to worry about a recession.(但实际上，澳联储似乎总体上忽视了“充分就业”这一方面，我们现在需要担心经济衰退。)
储备银行的授权立法赋予其双重使命——“价格稳定[即稳定的通胀]和维持澳大利亚的充分就业”。但实际上，澳联储似乎总体上忽视了“充分就业”这一方面，我们现在需要担心经济衰退。
It’s not just me who noticed this. After the RBA governor, Michele Bullock, held a press conference where she announced that the cash rate(现金利率；央行基准利率) was being raised to 4.6%, the ABC’s Alan Kohler (enjoy your retirement, Alan!) told Afternoon Briefing: “She defines ‘full employment’ in terms of(根据；在…方面；用…来衡量) inflation. There’s really only one mandate(使命；授权；职责) that means – the mandate is inflation. That’s it.”
不只是我注意到了这一点。在澳联储行长米歇尔·布洛克举行新闻发布会宣布现金利率上调至4.6%后，ABC的艾伦·科勒（享受你的退休生活吧，艾伦！）在《午后简报》中说：“她用通胀来定义‘充分就业’。这实际上只意味着一项使命——那就是通胀。仅此而已。”