-- 美联储数据显示,美国3月份工业生产意外下滑,但牛津经济研究院表示,现在就将下滑归咎于中东冲突还为时过早。 美联储周四表示,继2月份向上修正后的0.7%的增长之后,3月份工业产出下降了0.5%。彭博社汇总的一项调查显示,市场普遍预期3月份工业产出将增长0.1%。 牛津经济研究院首席美国经济学家伯纳德·亚罗斯在发给的电子邮件中表示:“在涵盖美以伊战争的第一个月,工业生产意外疲软。然而,我们不会就3月份的下滑得出太多结论,此次下滑主要是由于采矿业和公用事业部门的产出大幅下降。” 美联储数据显示,采矿业产出上月下降了1.2%,而2月份则增长了2.1%;公用事业产出在增长1.8%之后,下调了2.3%。 继上月增长0.4%之后,3月份制造业产出下降0.1%。耐用品制造业指数下降0.2%,主要原因是汽车及零部件行业下降3.7%。 “汽车及零部件的生产显著拖累了工厂活动,而这又是制造业中最易受油价冲击影响的行业之一,”亚罗斯表示。 自2月底爆发的伊朗战争以来,能源价格飙升,导致经由至关重要的霍尔木兹海峡的运输受阻。上周末,美伊在巴基斯坦举行的和平谈判无果而终,但华盛顿和德黑兰之间为期两周的停火协议仍然有效。 “自伊朗战争爆发以来,我们下调了对2026年剩余时间工业生产增长的预测,”亚罗斯表示。 “目前来看,预测并未预期会出现任何环比工业生产下滑,因为人工智能建设和去年财政刺激方案中的投资激励等关键因素将提供至关重要的支撑。” 本周早些时候,政府数据显示,由于中东冲突引发的市场波动导致能源批发成本飙升,3月份生产者价格增长趋于稳定。
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