Inflation Falls for 6th Straight Month. It’s Positive for the Fed
Inflation Falls for 6th Straight Month. It’s Positive for the Fed
Consumer prices rose at a 6.5% annual pace in December, marking a sizable deceleration from November and notching the sixth straight month of slowing inflation.
12月，消费者价格以6.5％的年增长率上涨，这标志着自11月以来大幅减速，也是通货膨胀连续第六个月放缓。
The consumer-price index ticked down 0.1% over the month in December from a month earlier, the Labor Department reported Thursday, compared to a 0.1% climb in November. Economists had expected prices to stay flat in December and slow to a 6.5% annual pace from the previous month’s 7.1%.
美国劳工部周四报告称，12月消费者物价指数比一个月前下降了0.1％，而11月份上涨了0.1％。经济学家曾预计，12月价格将保持平稳，年增长率将从上个月的7.1％放缓至6.5％。
Consumer price growth is expected to have slowed significantly in December from a year ago as both gas and goods prices fell, reflecting effects of the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening on the broader economy.
由于天然气和商品价格均下跌，预计12月消费者价格增长将比去年同期大幅放缓，这反映了美联储紧缩货币政策对整个经济的影响。
Source: MarketWatch
来源：MarketWatch