The yearly rate of inflation slowed to 4% from 4.9%, marking the lowest level since March 2021. Grocery and gas prices have been on the wane after helping drive up inflation last year.Consumer prices rose a scant 0.1% in May, kept in check by cheaper gas. Inflation more broadly showed little sign of rapid deceleration, however.
受廉價天然氣的控制，5月份消費者價格僅上漲了0.1％。但是，更廣泛的通貨膨脹幾乎沒有快速減速的跡象。
The increase in consumer prices matched the forecast of economists polled by the Wall Street Journal.
消費者價格的上漲符合《華爾街日報》調查的經濟學家的預測。
The small rise in inflation last month could cement a decision by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday to skip an increase in interest rates at the end of a pivotal two-day meeting.
上個月通貨膨脹率的小幅上升可能會鞏固美聯儲週三做出的在爲期兩天的關鍵會議結束時不加息的決定。
The yearly rate of inflation slowed to 4% from 4.9%, marking the lowest level since March 2021. Grocery and gas prices have been on the wane after helping drive up inflation last year.
年通貨膨脹率從4.9％降至4％，爲2021年3月以來的最低水平。去年，在推高通貨膨脹之後，雜貨和天然氣價格一直在下跌。
The so-called core rate of inflation that omits food and energy rose a stiffer 0.4%. Wall Street had forecast a 0.4% gain.
省略食品和能源的所謂核心通貨膨脹率上升了0.4％。華爾街曾預測漲幅爲0.4％。
The Fed views the core rate as a better predictor of inflation trends. The increase in the core rate over the past 12 months slipped to 5.3% from 5.5%, the smallest gain since the fall of 2021.
美聯儲將核心利率視爲通脹趨勢的更好預測指標。過去12個月核心利率的增幅從5.5％下滑至5.3％，這是自2021年秋季以來的最小增幅。
Traders of Fed funds futures now see a Fed interest-rate pause on Wednesday. Interest-rate futures markets expect a 100% chance of a Fed pause when the central bank’s June policy meeting concludes on Wednesday, according to the CME’s FedWatch tool. At the same time, chances of a hike in July rose to 66.5%, up from roughly 60% a day earlier.
美聯儲基金期貨的交易員現在預計美聯儲將在週三暫停利率。芝加哥商品交易所的FedWatch工具顯示，利率期貨市場預計，週三央行6月政策會議結束時，美聯儲暫停的可能性爲100％。同時，7月份加息的可能性從前一天的大約60％上升至66.5％。
Source: MarketWatch
來源：MarketWatch
