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Ukwehla kwamandla emali kwabathengi base-US kwehle ngoFebhuwari kodwa kusalokhu kuphakeme, ngokusho kwemininingwane kahulumeni ekhishwe ngoLwesibili, yengeza ingcindezi kuFederal Reserve njengoba ilinganisa ukulwa kwayo nokwehla kwamandla emali nokukhathazeka kokusimama kwezezimali.
Ibhange elikhulu lisemkhankasweni onamandla wokuqeda ukwehla kwamandla emali, likhuphule inzalo izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka odlule ukuze kwehliswe isidingo.
Nakuba uSihlalo we-Fed uJerome Powell ekuqaleni wathi i-Fed izimisele ukukhulisa ijubane lokukhuphuka kwamanani uma kunesidingo, njengoba idatha yezomnotho ishisa, ukuwa kweSilicon Valley Bank (SVB) ngesonto eledlule kanye ne-Signature Bank yaseNew York kungase kube nzima imizamo yayo.
Inkomba yamanani omthengi (CPI) ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayisithupha kusukela ngonyaka odlule, ngaphansi kwesibalo sikaJanuwari futhi ngokuhambisana nokulindelwe, ngokusho kwedatha yoMnyango Wezabasebenzi ekhishwe ngoLwesibili.
Nakuba lokhu bekuwukukhuphuka okuncane kakhulu kwaminyaka yonke kusukela ngoSepthemba 2021, izinga lisalokhu lingaphezu komgomo wabenzi benqubomgomo wesikhathi eside wamaphesenti amabili wokwehla kwamandla emali.
Phakathi kukaJanuwari noFebruwari, i-CPI ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-0.4, yehla kusukela enyangeni eyandulele nayo.
“Inkomba yezindawo zokukhosela ibe negalelo elikhulu kakhulu… ikhule ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-70,” kusho uMnyango Wezabasebenzi esitatimendeni.
Yanezela ukuthi izinkomba zokudla, ezokuzijabulisa, kanye nempahla yasendlini nemisebenzi nazo zinomthelela.
Ikakhulukazi, inkomba yokudla ngoFebhuwari isalokhu icishe ibe ngamaphesenti ayi-10 ngaphezu kwezinga langonyaka odlule, kanti amanani okudla asaphezulu.
Khonamanjalo, izindleko zezindawo zokukhosela nezokuthutha zenyuka, zagcizelela izinselelo zokwehlisa ukwehla kwamandla emali.
Ngaphandle kwamasegimenti okudla namandla aguquguqukayo, i-CPI ithole amaphesenti angu-0.5 kusukela ngoJanuwari, ihlehla enanini lenyanga edlule.
Ukhiye wokuzinza kwezezimali
Nakuba abahlaziyi abaningi babebikezele ukuthi i-Fed ingakhuphula izinga lokunyuka njengoba umnotho ushisa kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe, abanye babuyisela lokho abakulindele manje.
I-Fed kanye namanye amabhange amaphakathi emhlabeni wonke bebelokhu benyusa amanani enzalo kusukela ngonyaka odlule ukuze aqukathe ukwehla kwamandla emali angamashumi eminyaka.
Lokhu kusize ababolekisi abambalwa ukuthi bathumele inzuzo enempilo ka-2022, kodwa amanani aphezulu aphinde ehlisa inani lamabhondi athengwa amabhange lapho enembuyiselo ephansi.
I-SVB iwile ngemuva kokuthi ilahlekelwe ngu-$1.8 billion ekuthengisweni kwezibambiso zika-$21 billion.
Lokhu kufakwa kwemali kuphawule ukwehluleka okukhulu kwamabhange kusukela kwaba nenkinga yezimali emhlabeni wonke ngo-2008, okushiye i-Fed isesimweni esinzima njengoba izama ukulwa nokwehla kwamandla emali ngaphandle kokwengeza umzila oqhubekayo wamasheya athile asebhange.
Imininingwane isekela ukwenyuka kwamaphuzu angama-25 emhlanganweni wenqubomgomo ozayo we-Fed, kusho usomnotho u-Rubeela Farooqi we-High Frequency Economics.
“Kodwa-ke, isinqumo ekugcineni ngeke sincike kuphela emininingwaneni yezomnotho kodwa nasezinkingeni zokusimama kwezezimali, ezingagcina i-Fed eceleni ngesonto elizayo,” kusho yena.
