美联储政策制定者表示,对人工智能基础设施的持续强劲需求“可能会维持技术产品和电力价格的上行压力”。 周三公布的会议纪要显示,上个月美联储官员在是否加息还是保持利率稳定的问题上存在分歧,许多人认为人工智能需求的加速是通胀的驱动因素。 会议记录涵盖了美联储主席凯文·沃什领导下的首次货币政策会议。会议纪要显示,许多联邦公开市场委员会成员表示,“对人工智能基础设施的持续强劲需求可能会维持技术产品和电力价格的上行压力”。 与人工智能相关的通胀压力,俗称“芯片通胀”,源于数据中心使用的半导体成本上涨。这种需求激增,加上数据中心对能源的竞争,推高了各种电子产品、设备和电力的消费者价格,并且随着人工智能需求的增加,这种情况可能会持续下去。
对于加密货币等风险资产来说,通胀上升通常是坏消息,因为它会导致流动性和消费能力下降以及利率上升,从而使借贷成本更高,现金投资更具吸引力。 短期内通胀仍将维持高位 与会者预计,通胀“短期内将保持高位”,但随着中东冲突的缓和,通胀可能会下降。不过,他们判断“通胀前景面临的风险仍偏上行”。 人工智能的增长仍然是一个强劲的主题,既促进了经济增长,同时又加剧了通货膨胀。 “大多数与会者表示,部分由于人工智能商业投资强劲,经济活动增长超过潜在产出,可能会导致更持久的通胀压力。” 相关:央行官员对人工智能金融风险发出警报 美联储的“点阵图”预示着加息,而不是降息,18名投票成员中的9名预计在2026年底前至少加息一次,六名预计加息两次25个基点。央行年底PCE通胀预期也从2.7%跃升至3.6%。
鹰派点阵图表明,今年利率可能会在更长时间内保持较高水平。资料来源:美联储 美联储在 6 月会议上将利率稳定在 3.5% 至 3.75%,而 CME 期货市场目前显示,在 7 月 29 日的下次会议上利率保持不变的可能性为 70%。 人工智能基础设施建设推动通胀上升 LVRG 研究总监 Nick Ruck 告诉 ,美联储最近的会议强调了大规模的人工智能基础设施建设如何“通过对半导体、能源和数据中心的需求激增推高通胀,尽管它承诺未来生产率的提高。” 他表示:“虽然这种短期压力使货币政策变得复杂,但它也凸显了去中心化技术创新解决方案的必要性,以优化资源配置并缓解数字经济的瓶颈。” 分析师本周表示,加密货币市场可能会受益于美联储的任何干预措施,以支持经济低迷时期蓬勃发展的美国股市。 特点:最大的区块链升级将于 2026 年到来
Ongoing strong demand for AI infrastructure “would likely sustain upward pressure on prices for technology products and electricity,” Federal Reserve policymakers said.
Federal Reserve officials were split last month on whether to increase interest rates or keep them steady, with many seeing accelerating demand for artificial intelligence as a driver of inflation, according to meeting minutes released on Wednesday.
The minutes covered the first monetary policy meeting under Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. Many Federal Open Market Committee members said that “ongoing strong demand for AI infrastructure would likely sustain upward pressure on prices for technology products and electricity,” according to the minutes.
AI-related inflationary pressure, colloquially known as “chipflation,” stems from the rising cost of semiconductors used by data centers. This surge in demand, along with data center competition for energy, has pushed up consumer prices for a wide range of electronic goods, devices and power, and may continue as AI demand increases.
Higher inflation is generally bad news for risk assets such as crypto, as it results in lower liquidity and spending power and higher interest rates, making borrowing more expensive and cash investments more attractive.
Inflation will remain elevated in the near term
Participants anticipated that inflation would “remain elevated in the near term” but may decline as the Middle East conflict eases. However, they judged that the “risks to the inflation outlook were still tilted to the upside.”
AI growth remained a strong theme, both boosting economic growth and contributing to inflation at the same time.
“Most participants remarked that growth in economic activity that exceeded that of potential output, owing in part to strong AI business investment, could contribute to more persistent inflationary pressures.”
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The Fed’s “dot plot” signals hikes, not cuts, with nine of 18 voting members projecting at least one rate hike before the end of 2026 and six expecting two 25-basis-point increases. The central bank’s PCE inflation projection for year-end also jumped from 2.7% to 3.6%.
A hawkish dot plot signals that interest rates are likely to stay higher for longer this year. Source: Federal Reserve
The Fed kept rates steady at 3.5% to 3.75% at its June meeting, while CME futures markets currently show a 70% probability that they will remain unchanged at the next meeting on July 29.
AI infra buildout driving higher inflation
Nick Ruck, director of LVRG Research, told that the Fed’s recent meeting highlights how the massive AI infrastructure buildout is “driving higher inflation through surging demand for semiconductors, energy and data centers, even as it promises future productivity gains.”
“While this short-term pressure complicates monetary policy, it also underscores the need for innovative solutions in decentralized technologies to optimize resource allocation and ease bottlenecks in the digital economy,” he said.
Analysts said this week that crypto markets could benefit from any Fed intervention to backstop the booming US equity market in a downturn.
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