A | 　　明尼阿波利斯联储主席尼尔·卡什卡利（Neel Kashkari）周日表示，美国国债收益率上升并不构成担忧，也不太可能影响货币政策决定。 The IRS deleted a job listing seeking “new special agents” who are “willing to use deadly force, if necessary” from their website, following a fierce backlash on social media Wednesday–only to reupload it within a day with the offending portion removed.,The IRS has removed the line "Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary" from their IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent listing following the fiasco yesterday.Archived here: https://t.co/vBy6lB841RActive link: https://t.co/uvwbrAkIit pic.twitter.com/vNmcSXuD7w— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 11, 2022,Per the now-updated page on the IRS website, “IRS Special Agents are considered the premier financial investigators for the Federal government.”,“Special Agents are duly sworn law enforcement officers who are trained to ‘follow the money,’” the listing says, warning that “no matter what the source, all income earned, both legal and illegal, has the potential of becoming involved in crimes which fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the IRS Criminal Investigation.”,The posting sparked a wave of condemnation from ordinary citizens and influential politicians alike, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who took to Twitter to express his opposition to the proposed new IRS jobs:,“HELL NO. Every Republican should pledge we WILL NOT FUND these 87k armed new IRS agents who will target the American people.”,HELL NO.Every Republican should pledge we WILL NOT FUND these 87k armed new IRS agents who will target the American people. https://t.co/BmKZVjVdNx— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 10, 2022,Funding for the special agents in question is likely to be drawn from a huge budget boost the IRS anticipates, with Democrats in the House set to approve the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.”,Along with around $430 billion the Biden administration says will address climate change and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, the new spending bill promises to pump $80 billion into the IRS over the next ten years - more than doubling the size of the agency with over 87,000 new positions. According to the now-updated job listing, many of them will be armed; one of the “key requirements” is that applicants “be legally allowed to carry a firearm.”,The ad in question was first noticed by documentarian Ford Fischer, who pointed out in a subsequent post on Twitter that, by June, the criminal division of the IRS had spent more on ammunition in the previous three months than they typically spent in an entire year in the recent past.,Fischer told Sputnik News he finds it “fascinating” that “following the attention [he] brought to this job listing, the page went down for a while, and now with it back online, the ‘willingness to engage in deadly force' line has been removed.”,“The reality is that while perhaps finding some renewed relevance in today's news cycle about the IRS, this listing isn't particularly unusual,” Fischer notes. “The agency has been spending more than $600,000 annually on ammunition, which has been charted out for at least the past three administrations.”,“What's new is that while the left (to be clear, I mean real leftists - not Democrats) have been fairly adamant in their opposition to law enforcement at all levels, the Republicans seem to find opposition when the politics line up. For example, they currently are deeply critical of the FBI, and IRS.”,Opposition to the spending bill authorizing the IRS expansion has come almost entirely from the GOP. A recent analysis by House Republicans found that 60% of new audits expected to be unleashed by the doubling in IRS personnel will fall on those making $75,000 or less a year. But Democrats claim those making less than $400,000 will not be targeted by the new IRS agents.,The IRS reportedly did not respond to inquiries by Fox News or the National Review about its removal of the job posting.。不过，美国通胀短期内难以回落至目标水平，而关税和贸易冲突是“罪魁祸首”之一。　　卡什卡利在接受最新采访时说道：“种种迹象表明，美国国债市场运作正常，交易正常进行，市场流动性充足，因此我们可以将联邦基金利率作为降低通胀的主要政策工具。”　　上周，各期限的美国国债收益率均有所上升，基准10年期国债收益率收于4.73%左右。30年期国债收益率则维持在2007年以来的最高水平附近。　　卡什卡利指出，虽然目前的国债收益率相对于近期历史水平而言较高，但上世纪90年代的收益率要高得多。　　通胀持续　　美联储决策者将于9月举行下次会议。在7月的会议上，他们连续第五次维持利率不变。卡什卡利是三位反对“按兵不动”的官员之一，他倾向于加息25个基点，原因是担心通胀持续存在。

B | 　　他在最新采访中说：“我们需要更多数据，但我不想预先判断下次会议的结果。不过，我现在并不认为通胀会在短期内回落到目标水平。

C | ”　　与此同时，卡什卡利还警告称，如果美国和加拿大这两个历史上的盟友之间最近几天紧张的贸易局势持续下去，那么与加拿大的关税战可能会加剧美国的通货膨胀。　　“贸易方面反复拉锯的时间越长，就像伊朗冲突反复拉锯的时间越长一样，其影响和通货膨胀最终就会被延长和推迟。

D | ”他补充道。　　由于谈判代表未能就解决美加两国间贸易僵局达成协议，美国于周六（22日）开始对加拿大产品加征50%的关税。美国贸易代表杰米森·格里尔周六表示，目前没有与加拿大方面进行新的谈判计划。

E | 　　与此同时，加拿大总理马克·卡尼承诺将对美国征收新的报复性关税，具体细节将于本周公布，计划于9月8日实施。预计关税将针对钢铁、乳制品、家电、农业设备、纸浆、纸张和电子产品。　　卡什卡利指出，加拿大是“美国的重要贸易伙伴”。2025年，两国商品和服务贸易额达到8800亿美元，加拿大成为美国第二大贸易伙伴，仅次于墨西哥。他还概述了美国当前的经济形势，指出过去五年高企的通货膨胀主要是由供应冲击造成的。　　“其中一个供应冲击就是贸易和关税冲突。” 他补充道。

F | 　　卡什卡利强调，除了与伊朗的战争等问题（他称这场战争是“通货膨胀的主要驱动因素”，因为能源对美国经济有着广泛的影响）之外，贸易动态也是“另一个需要密切关注的因素”。　　“因此，只要我们能够达到一种新的常态，即贸易动态所处的某种水平，一旦进入这种稳定状态，企业就可以进行调整，通胀的影响就可以逐渐消失。