政府还将第二季度GDP增长率从此前估计的1.5%上调至2.2%，显示经济依然强劲。
The government also revised up its calculation of second-quarter GDP growth to 2.2%, from an earlier 1.5% estimate, in a sign of the economy's strength.
8月，一项关键通胀指标的升幅低于预期，降低了美联储在中期选举前再次加息的可能性，或可为唐纳德·特朗普总统和共和党人带来一丝喘息。
A key gauge of inflation rose less than expected in August, decreasing the odds that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates again before the midterm elections, a potential reprieve for President Donald Trump and Republicans.
据经济分析局（BEA）的个人消费支出（PCE）指数，所谓的核心价格上月上涨0.2%。由于核心价格剔除了波动较大的食品和能源价格，因此被视为判断通胀走势的更可靠信号。投资者目前认为，美联储政策制定者在10月底会议上维持利率不变的可能性超过50%。
So-called core prices, which exclude more volatile food and energy prices and are therefore considered a better signal of the direction of inflation, rose 0.2% last month, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, index. Investors are now giving better-than-even odds that Fed policymakers will keep rates steady when they meet at the end of October.
经济分析局表示，整体价格过去一年上涨了3.4%，仍高于美联储2%的目标。
Overall prices have risen 3.4% over the past year, the BEA said. That’s still higher than the Fed’s 2% target.