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Grocery (n.食品雜貨店)bills are up,with increases in the costs(成本) of vegetables,beverages (n. 飲料) and baked goods(烘焙食品).
The new data means that the Federal Reserve (美聯(lián)儲)will probably announce another big rate increase next mouth.
Because of inflation(n.通貨膨脹),Social Security Benefits(社會安全福利) will rise next year.
The typical(adj.典型的,此指一般情況下) retiree(n. 退休人員) will get an extra(adj.額外的) $140 per month.

上個月通貨膨脹再次快速上升。雜貨店賬單上升,蔬菜、飲料和烘焙食品的成本增加。新數(shù)據(jù)意味著美聯(lián)儲可能會在下個月宣布再次大幅加息。由于通帳,明年的社會安全福利將上升。典型的退休人員每日將獲得額外的140美元。
Britain's economic U-turn(n.大轉(zhuǎn)變) highlighted(v.突出,強調(diào)) a fraught (adj.令人憂慮的)moment for world leaders in a shaky(adj.顫抖的,此指靠不住的)global economy.
After just a month on the job,the prime minister(首相),Liz Truss,fired(解雇) her finance minister(財政部長) for creating precisely the package of unfunded (adj.沒有經(jīng)費的)tax cuts,billion-dollar spending programs and deregulation (n.放松管制)that she had asked for,and backtracked(v.原路返回,此指出爾反爾) on her signature(adj.標(biāo)志性的) economic policies.
Lawmakers(n.立法者,此指議員) are already talking about whether to oust(v.把...趕下臺) Truss.More broadly(adv.廣泛地),the debacle(n.潰敗) shows that world leaders in Europe,the United States and elsewhere must balance helping the vulnerable(n.弱勢群體) while also fighting inflation.Experts(n.專家) say it is crucial(adj.重要的) that governments work with,rather than against(prep.反對),their central banks .The British pound and government bond(n.債券) price fell further(adv.進一步) amid(prep.在...之中)the chaos( ?ke??s n.混亂).And U.S. stock markets skidded(v.打滑,滑落) into the weekend,giving up earlier gains(n.收益) and sliding(v.滑落) sharply(adv.大幅地) lower after further signs emerged(v.出現(xiàn),浮現(xiàn)) that inflation was proving difficult to tame(v.馴服).


- Elon Musk asked the U.S. to start paying for his company's Starlink internet service in Ukraine,a lifeline for the Ukrainian military(?m?l?teri n.軍隊).
- Rupert Murdoch Explore(v.探索)s Reuniting(v.再組合) His Media Empire(n.帝國) by Recombining(v.重組) Fox and News Corp.The move(n.舉動) would bring assets(n.資產(chǎn)) such as Fox News and The Wall Street Journal back under one roof(n.屋頂).nearly a decade after they split(v.分裂).
- NASA(美國國家航空航天局) said its mission last month to alter(v.改變) an asteroid(??st?r??d n.小行星)'s orbit(n.軌道) was a success.The technique(n.技術(shù)) could someday protect Earth.
