????這是比較罕見(jiàn)的：一家美國(guó)大銀行的現(xiàn)任首席執(zhí)行官——特別考慮到其曾敦促中國(guó)貫徹世貿(mào)協(xié)定,，目前正努力推動(dòng)公司在中國(guó)市場(chǎng)自由競(jìng)爭(zhēng)——居然會(huì)毫無(wú)保留地談到中國(guó)的外匯管制和通脹問(wèn)題,。很少在公開(kāi)場(chǎng)合談?wù)摯祟?lèi)跨國(guó)熱點(diǎn)問(wèn)題的潘偉迪(Vikram Pandit)上周四在紐約的確這么做了,。這位花旗集團(tuán)(Citigroup)的首席執(zhí)行官是在華爾道夫酒店（Waldorf-Astoria）的一場(chǎng)午餐會(huì)上說(shuō)這番話的，午餐會(huì)由關(guān)注中美關(guān)系發(fā)展的知名美籍華裔組織百人會(huì)(Committee of 100)舉辦,。

????在這場(chǎng)本來(lái)或許會(huì)談?wù)撝忻狸P(guān)系重要性的平淡演講中(是的,，潘偉迪，我們都知道),，潘偉迪表示,，上周初他在華盛頓參加了中美戰(zhàn)略與經(jīng)濟(jì)對(duì)話，與美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)卿希拉里?克林頓,、財(cái)政部長(zhǎng)蒂姆?蓋特納,、商務(wù)部長(zhǎng)駱家輝一起會(huì)見(jiàn)了中國(guó)副總理王岐山、國(guó)務(wù)委員戴秉國(guó)等高級(jí)官員以及知名的中國(guó)商界領(lǐng)袖,。這次對(duì)話一開(kāi)始還是討論中國(guó)外匯政策,、人權(quán)紀(jì)錄等老問(wèn)題，但最終中國(guó)首次同意允許美國(guó)商業(yè)銀行在華銷(xiāo)售共同基金以及承銷(xiāo)公司債,。

????潘偉迪在演講中沒(méi)有提到這些突破,，而是對(duì)外匯問(wèn)題舉起了大棒——當(dāng)然很溫和，因?yàn)樵谥袊?guó)花旗仍不能將零售網(wǎng)絡(luò)擴(kuò)張至已獲批的13個(gè)城市以外,，而且也不能提供完整的系列銀行服務(wù)。目前,，花旗在華有5,000名雇員,；花旗的亞洲管理人士已表示，希望三年內(nèi)將雇員數(shù)擴(kuò)大至12,000人,，分支機(jī)構(gòu)超過(guò)100個(gè),。

????“實(shí)現(xiàn)人民幣可自由兌換，對(duì)解決流動(dòng)性問(wèn)題和通脹將大有幫助,，”潘偉迪表示,，但承認(rèn)這“也可能惡化失業(yè)率，放緩經(jīng)濟(jì)增速,?！?/p>

????潘偉迪還指出了中國(guó)外匯管制的負(fù)面影響，表示限制資本跨境流動(dòng)阻礙了中國(guó)龐大的私人儲(chǔ)蓄走出國(guó)門(mén),，在境外尋找更高效的投資產(chǎn)品和相關(guān)機(jī)會(huì),。“如今,，只有中國(guó)政府能在國(guó)際市場(chǎng)投資,。因此，我們對(duì)正在進(jìn)行的投資的效率無(wú)法有信心,，”潘偉迪告訴聽(tīng)眾,，“更重要的是,，由于在國(guó)內(nèi)市場(chǎng)有太多錢(qián)追逐太少的投資機(jī)會(huì)，資產(chǎn)價(jià)格通脹不可避免,。所有這些錢(qián)都必須投到其他地方,。”4月份,，中國(guó)消費(fèi)者價(jià)格指數(shù)同比增長(zhǎng)超過(guò)5%,，中國(guó)官員再次承認(rèn)中國(guó)大城市房?jī)r(jià)存在泡沫。

????潘偉迪呼吁美國(guó)加大對(duì)華出口,，并呼吁儲(chǔ)蓄率高達(dá)53%的中國(guó)消費(fèi)者增加消費(fèi),。“迄今為止,，全球主要經(jīng)濟(jì)體中最不發(fā)達(dá)的消費(fèi)市場(chǎng)就是中國(guó),，”他說(shuō)。

????不過(guò),，潘偉迪對(duì)中美關(guān)系仍持樂(lè)觀態(tài)度,。“倒退至貿(mào)易戰(zhàn)——或更糟的狀況那是歷史模式,，”他說(shuō),，“但我認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在不會(huì)出現(xiàn)這種情況，真的不會(huì),?！?/p>

????中國(guó)貿(mào)易戰(zhàn)、匯率操縱和資產(chǎn)價(jià)格通脹都是潘偉迪日常演講中不會(huì)出現(xiàn)的詞,。比如,，在瑞士達(dá)沃斯世界經(jīng)濟(jì)論壇上，潘偉迪談?wù)摰氖窃黾酉蜇毨巳禾峁┙鹑诜?wù),。在經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)期間,，他的言論主要圍繞金融管制和改革。

????那么,，這意味著出生于印度的潘偉迪要在全球舞臺(tái)上打造一個(gè)全新的自我形象,？也許。但更大的可能是,，這說(shuō)明在美國(guó)房地產(chǎn)抵押貸款危機(jī)期間彌漫在金融業(yè)界的重重顧慮終已消散,，現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候關(guān)注世界其他地區(qū)了。敬請(qǐng)期待吧,。

????It's rare that a sitting CEO of a top U.S. bank -- particularly one pushing China to abide by its WTO agreements while angling to let his firm compete freely in the Chinese market -- will speak out on China's currency controls and troubles with inflation. But Vikram Pandit, who rarely discusses such cross-border, hot-button issues in public, did just that on Thursday in New York. The CEO of Citigroup (C) was addressing a lunch crowd at a conference organized by the Committee of 100, a prominent group of Chinese Americans focused on U.S.-China relations, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

????During what otherwise might have been a tame speech about the importance of U.S.-China relations (yeah, Vikram, we know), Pandit said that he had been in Washington earlier this week taking part in the U.S.-Strategic and Economic Dialog with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, and meeting senior Chinese officials, including Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo, and a number of prominent Chinese business leaders. The confab had started out with the same old clashes over China's currency policies and human rights record, though it ended with a Chinese agreement to allow U.S. banks to sell mutual funds and underwrite corporate bonds in China for the first time.

????Pandit didn't mention those breakthroughs, but he did pick up the cudgel to hammer the currency issue -- rather gently, of course, as Citi is still can't expand its retail branches in China beyond the 13 cities where it is allowed and isn't permitted to offer its full range of banking services. The company currently employs 5,000 people in China; Citi execs in Asia have said they would like to have 12,000 employees, and more than 100 branches, within three years.

????"Making the currency convertible would go a long way toward solving the liquidity problem and addressing inflation," Pandit asserted, but conceded that "it might also exacerbate unemployment and slow growth."

????Pandit also noted the negative impact of China's currency controls, saying that the constraints on cross-border capital flows hinders the nation's high level of private savings from flowing out of the country to find productive investments and opportunities abroad. "Today, only the government lends to international markets. As a result, we can't be confident that what investment that does take place is happening efficiently," Pandit told the crowd. "More importantly, as too much money chases too few opportunities in the domestic market, asset price inflation is inevitable. All that money has to be invested somewhere." In April, consumer prices in China rose more than 5%, and Chinese officials have repeatedly acknowledged a housing bubble in major cities.

????Pandit called for the U.S. to increase exports to China, and for Chinese consumers, who have an extraordinarily high savings rate of 53%, to pick up their spending. "By far, the most underdeveloped consumer market among the world's major economies is China's," he said.

????Still, Pandit remained optimistic about China-U.S. relations. "Devolution into trade wars -- or worse -- would fit the template of history," he said. "But I don't see that happening here, I really don't."

????Trade wars, currency manipulation and asset price inflation in China are part of a vocabulary that departs from Pandit's usual scripts. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, for example, Pandit spoke about expanding financial services to the poor. During the economic crisis, most of his public comments centered around financial regulation and reform.

????So does this signal a new coming-out on the global stage for the Indian-born Pandit? Perhaps. But it might be more a sign that the angst that had seized the financial sector during the mortgage meltdown is finally over, and that it's now time to focus on the rest of the world. Let's hope.