戴维·赫布林报道，肯尼亚9月通胀率加速上升，达到两年半多以来的最高水平，主要由能源和食品价格上涨推动。
By David Herbling Kenyan inflation accelerated to the highest level in more than two and a half years in September, driven by higher energy and food prices.
肯尼亚国家统计局周三在一份声明中表示，当月年度消费价格上涨6.8%，高于8月的6.6%。彭博调查中三位经济学家预测值的中位数为6.9%，而货币政策委员会此前预计通胀率为6.5%。
Annual consumer prices rose 6.8% in the month, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday in a statement, compared with 6.6% in August. The median estimate of three economists in a Bloomberg survey was 6.9%, while the monetary policy committee had projected the rate at 6.5%.
作为央行衡量潜在价格增长的首选指标，核心通胀率从8月的3.4%升至4%，原因是价格压力增强，并扩大至波动较大的食品和能源项目之外。
Core inflation, the central bank’s preferred gauge of underlying price growth, advanced to 4% compared with 3.4% in August, as price pressures became firmer and extended beyond volatile food and energy items.
这是通胀率连续第六个月突破央行目标区间5%的中点。行长卡毛·图格预计，近期通胀率将维持在2.5%至7.5%的区间内。
It was the sixth month in a row that inflation’s breached the 5% midpoint of the central bank’s target range. Governor Kamau Thugge expects inflation to remain within the 2.5%-7.5% range in the near term.
不过，该数据可能影响货币政策委员会下个月会议上的决策。这个东非国家的央行迄今对伊朗战争引发的能源冲击一直采取观望态度。
Still, the reading may weigh on the monetary policy committee’s decision at its meeting next month. The East African nation’s central bank has so far taken a wait-and-see approach to the energy shock caused by the Iran war.
食品和非酒精饮料占通胀篮子的三分之一，价格上涨9.5%。该类别仍受到多种因素共同造成的压力，包括持续干旱、伊朗战争、即将出现的厄尔尼诺现象以及黑海地区供应中断。
Food and non-alcoholic drinks — which make up a third of the inflation basket — rose 9.5%. The segment continues to face pressure from a cocktail of factors including an ongoing drought, Iran war, upcoming El Nino, and Black Sea disruptions.
即使当局在月中评估时未调整汽油价格，交通指数仍上涨15.6%。
The transport index grew 15.6% even after authorities left gasoline prices unchanged during a mid-month review