US inflation at new 40-year high

Monday, June 13, 2022 - 01:00

Print Edition?WorldThe prices of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising inflation to a new four-decade high and giving American households no respite?from rising costs. Consumer prices surged 8.6% last month from a year earlier, faster than April’s year-over-year increase of 8.3%, the Labor Department said Friday.

5月份，美國(guó)汽油、食品和大多數(shù)其他商品和服務(wù)的價(jià)格大幅上漲，通貨膨脹率達(dá)到40年來(lái)的新高，美國(guó)家庭無(wú)法從不斷上漲的生活成本中得到喘息的機(jī)會(huì)。美國(guó)勞工部上周五說(shuō)，上個(gè)月消費(fèi)者價(jià)格指數(shù)較上年同期飆升8.6%，高于4月份8.3%的同比增幅。

respite /?respa?t/ ?n. ?1.~ (from sth) 暫停；暫緩??She continued to work without respite. 她連續(xù)工作，沒(méi)有休息。?respite care 暫緩性照料。2.短暫的延緩；喘息??His creditors agreed to give him a temporary respite. 他的債權(quán)人同意給他一個(gè)喘息的機(jī)會(huì)。

The new inflation figure, the highest since 1981, will heighten pressure on the Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates aggressively. On a month-to-month basis, prices jumped 1% from April to May, much faster than the 0.3% increase from March to April. Contributing to that surge were much higher prices for everything from airline tickets to restaurant meals to new and used cars. Those price spikes?also elevated?so-called “core” inflation, a measure that excludes volatile food and energy prices.

新的通脹數(shù)據(jù)是1981年以來(lái)的最高水平，這將加大美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)繼續(xù)大舉加息的壓力。從環(huán)比來(lái)看，4月至5月房?jī)r(jià)上漲1%，遠(yuǎn)高于3月至4月0.3%的漲幅。導(dǎo)致這一飆升的原因是，從機(jī)票到餐館就餐，再到新車(chē)和二手車(chē)，所有商品的價(jià)格都大幅上漲。這些價(jià)格飆升也推高了所謂的“核心”通脹，這是一種不包括波動(dòng)較大的食品和能源價(jià)格的指標(biāo)。

Price spike：價(jià)格尖峰

Elevate /?el?ve?t/ v. 提拔，提升；抬起，提起；提高，增加；使情緒高昂，使興高采烈

exclude /?k?sklu?d/??vt.（故意）不包括，把……排除在外；認(rèn)為……不可能，排除……的可能；阻擋；開(kāi)除（學(xué)生）；防止……的發(fā)生

volatile /?v?l?ta?l/ adj. 易變的，動(dòng)蕩不定的，反復(fù)無(wú)常的；（情緒）易變的，易怒的，突然發(fā)作的；（液體或固體）易揮發(fā)的，易氣化的；（計(jì)算機(jī)內(nèi)存）易失的。n. 揮發(fā)物；<罕>有翅的動(dòng)物

In May, core prices jumped a sharp 0.6% for a second straight month. They’re now 6% above where they were a year ago. Friday’s report underscored fears that inflation is spreading well beyond energy and goods whose prices are being driven up by?clogged?supply chains and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

5月份，關(guān)鍵價(jià)格連續(xù)第二個(gè)月大幅上漲0.6%。目前的價(jià)格較一年前上漲了6%。上周五的報(bào)告凸顯了人們的擔(dān)憂(yōu)，即通脹蔓延的范圍遠(yuǎn)不止能源和商品，供應(yīng)鏈堵塞和俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭推高了這些商品的價(jià)格。

clog /kl?ɡ/ V.?~ (up) (with sth)~ sth (up) (with sth) （使）阻塞，堵塞??The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狹窄的街道上交通堵塞。n. 木底鞋；木鞋；木屐

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