亚洲股市周四（10月15日）暴跌，因科技公司再次遭遇痛苦的抛售，而美国消费者价格通胀升幅快于预期，助长了美联储不得不进一步提高利率的预期。
Asian stocks plunged Thursday (Oct 15) as tech firms suffered another painful rout, as a quicker-than-expected increase in US consumer price inflation fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve will have to ramp interest rates higher.
首尔和东京承受了抛售的主要冲击，交易者纷纷抛售曾经势不可挡的芯片制造商，尽管抛售在整个地区都很严重，且与华尔街的大幅下跌同步。
Seoul and Tokyo bore the brunt of the selling as traders bailed out of once-imperious chipmakers, though the selling was heavy across the region, tracking sharp losses on Wall Street.
截至新加坡时间下午12点30分，首尔Kospi指数已暴跌超过7%，其中SK海力士跌幅超过10%，三星电子跌幅也超过10%。
As of 12.30pm Singapore time, Seoul's Kospi had plunged more than 7 per cent, with SK hynix sinking more than 10 per cent and Samsung more than 10 per cent.
东京方面，日经225指数跌幅超过5%，其中铠侠也暴跌超过11%，安川电机跌幅超过13%。科技投资巨头软银跌幅超过9%。台北跌幅超过3%，因市场权重股台积电下跌约3%。
And in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 shed more than 5 per cent as Kioxia also dived more than 11 per cent and Advantest plunged over 13 per cent. Tech investment titan SoftBank lost more than 9 per cent. Taipei lost more than 3 per cent as market-heavyweight TSMC gave up around 3 per cent.
此次抛售发生在许多科技公司刚刚从夏季抛售中挽回部分巨额损失之后，当时市场担忧估值偏高，并质疑公司何时能看到其巨额投资的回报。香港、上海和雅加达也出现了负增长。
The selling came after many tech firms had clawed back some of the huge losses sustained in a summer rout that came on the back of worries about elevated valuations and questions over when firms would see returns on their colossal investments. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Jakarta were also in negative territory.
新加坡方面，海峡时报指数下跌0.9%。芯片测试设备制造商AEM控股下跌9%，而UMS集成下跌9%，弗兰肯下跌6.4%。
In Singapore, the Straits Times Index fell 0.9 per cent. Chip-testing equipment maker AEM Holdings lost 9 per cent, while UMS Integration dropped 9 per cent and Frencken declined 6.4 per cent.
市场本来就因对AI投资热潮前景的担忧而挣扎，但在数据显示美国9月份消费者价格指数达到3.7%，较上月大幅上升，且高于预期的3.6%后，市场受到打击。
Markets, already struggling with concerns about the outlook for the AI investment boom, were stung after data showed the US consumer price index hit 3.7 per cent in September, sharply up from the previous month and more than the 3.6 per cent forecast.
这一数据是五个月来的最高水平，主要受能源成本激增推动，而能源成本的飙升源于持续超过七个月的伊朗战争，该战争导致德黑兰实际上封锁了霍尔木兹海峡——全球五分之一的原油正是通过该海峡运输。
The reading is the highest in five months and was largely driven by the surge in energy costs caused by the more than seven-month Iran war, which saw Tehran effectively choke off the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global crude passed.
汽油成本占当月CPI上涨的一半以上，9月份汽油价格飙升9.1%。
Gasoline costs accounted for more than half of the monthly CPI jump, surging 9.1 per cent in September.
所有三大美国股指隔夜均出现下跌，但科技股为主的纳斯达克跌幅最大，下跌近2%。
All three major American indices dropped overnight but the tech-heavy Nasdaq suffered the deepest declines, losing nearly 2 per cent.
CPI数据提升了市场对美联储在未来一年内加息的预期，可能早在本月下旬就会发生。根据CME Group的FedWatch工具，联邦基金期货目前定价显示，美联储在10月28日的两天会议上加息25个基点的概率为31.6%，而一天前这一概率为22.1%。
The CPI data lifted expectations of interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve over the course of the year ahead, possibly as soon as later this month. Fed funds futures are now pricing an implied 31.6 per cent probability of a 25-basis-point hike at the US central bank's next two-day meeting on Oct 28, compared to a 22.1 per cent chance a day earlier, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool.
“此次CPI报告对美联储来说是个头痛问题，此前美联储一直表示愿意在本月暂停加息，”萨克索市场的尼尔·威尔逊表示，他指的是几位曾表示倾向于放缓步伐以评估上月涨幅的董事会成员。
"This CPI report is a headache for the Fed, which had been indicating a willingness to pause this month," said Neil Wilson at Saxo Markets, referring to several board members who had suggested they favoured a go-slow approach to assess last month's lift.
“市场也几乎已经完全排除了本月下旬加息的预期，但随着美国通胀数据略高于预期，市场重新定价，预计美联储将稍快一些行动。”
"Markets too had all but priced out a hike later this month but repriced for the Fed to move a bit quicker after US inflation came in a little hotter than expected."