One of the hedge fund industry’s most successful money managers has warned that Washington’s debt-ceiling brinkmanship has damaged the US economy, leaving the Federal Reserve with little option but to continue its policy of extraordinary monetary easing indefinitely.

对冲基金业最成功的经理之一警告称，华盛顿在债务上限方面的边缘政策损害了美国经济，使得美联储(Fed)别无选择，只能无限期维持其不寻常的货币宽松政策。

“It’s clear to us now that the US economy just isn’t going to reach escape velocity,” said Andrew Law, head of Caxton Associates, in a wide-ranging and rare interview with the Financial Times. “Tapering is off the table for the foreseeable future.”

Caxton Associates总裁安德鲁·劳(Andrew Law)罕见地接受英国《金融时报》深入采访。“在我们看来很明显的是，美国经济达不到逃逸速度，”他说，“在可预见的未来，缩减量化宽松规模不在讨论范围之内。”

Mr Law’s stark outlook for the US contrasts with widely-held expectations that the US economy will bounce back quickly in the coming months.

安德鲁·劳对美国经济前景的黯淡预测，与普遍认为美国经济将在未来几个月快速反弹的预期形成对比。

Most investors and Wall Street analysts expect the Fed to begin “tapering” its programme of quantitative easing in December.

大多数投资者和华尔街分析师预计美联储将于12月份开始缩减量化宽松计划的规模。

Caxton, which is 30 years old this year, has made its clients over $13bn in net gains over its lifetime, according to data provider LCH Investments, making it one of the best performing hedge funds alongside the likes of George Soros.

Caxton今年迎来了它的第30个年头。数据提供商LCH Investments称，它自成立以来已为客户带来超过130亿美元的净收益，与乔治·索罗斯(George Soros)等同行一起跻身业绩最优秀的对冲基金行列。