01 美国通胀率预计将达到近40年来最高水平

US consumer price growth is expected to have risen at the fastest pace in nearly four decades in December, as the Federal Reserve worries about the threat of elevated inflation and its consequences for the economic recovery.

在美联储担心通胀上升的威胁及其对经济复苏的影响之际，预计美国12月消费者价格指数将以近40年来最快的速度增长。

The consumer price index （CPI） is estimated to have increased at a 7 per cent annual clip last month, a step up from the 6.8 per cent rate registered in November, according to a consensus forecast compiled by Bloomberg.

根据彭博社编制的一项共识预测，上个月消费者价格指数的年升幅估计为7%，高于11月份6.8%的升幅。

However, month-over-month price gains are expected to have moderated to 0.4 per cent between November and December, down from 0.8 per cent in the previous period. The data will be released at 8:30am Eastern time on Wednesday.

不过，11月至12月间，房价环比涨幅预计已放缓至0.4%，低于上一季度的0.8%。该数据将于美国东部时间周三上午8点30分公布。

“Core” inflation, which strips out volatile items such as food and energy, is expected to have accelerated by an even larger magnitude compared to the last reading. Economists predict core CPI will have jumped to 5.4 per cent, well above the earlier 4.9 per cent annual pace. That translates to another monthly increase of 0.5 per cent.

剔除食品和能源等波动性较大项目的“核心”通胀，预计将比上月出现更大涨幅。经济学家预计，核心CPI将跃升5.4%，远高于此前4.9%的年率。这意味着又一个月增长0.5%。