The Fed's Favorite Inflation Metric Ticked Higher Again
The Fed's Favorite Inflation Metric Ticked Higher Again
A key gauge of U.S. inflation rose a mild 0.3% in September, aided by the lower cost of gas. Yet prices are still going up even if they aren't climbing as fast as they were earlier in the year.The core rate of inflation in the past 12 months climbed to 5.1% from 4.9%. That leaves it just a few ticks below a 40-year high of 5.4% in February.
過去12個月的核心通貨膨脹率從4.9％攀升至5.1％。這使其僅比2月份的40年高點5.4％低幾點。
The overall rate of inflation in the past year was unchanged at 6.2% compared to the prior month.
與上個月相比，過去一年的總體通貨膨脹率保持不變，爲6.2％。
A key gauge of U.S. inflation rose a mild 0.3% in September, aided by the lower cost of gas. Yet prices are still going up even if they aren't climbing as fast as they were earlier in the year.
受天然氣成本降低的推動，衡量美國通貨膨脹的關鍵指標在9月份溫和上漲了0.3％。然而，儘管價格的上漲速度沒有今年早些時候那麼快，但價格仍在上漲。
Another measure of inflation that omits volatile food and energy costs rose a sharp 0.5% last month. Wall Street had forecast a 0.5% increase in the so-called core personal consumption expenditures price index.
另一項忽略波動的食品和能源成本的通貨膨脹指標上個月大幅上漲了0.5％。華爾街曾預測所謂的核心個人消費支出價格指數將增長0.5％。
Source: MarketWatch
來源：MarketWatch
