由Tarek El-Tablawy报道：埃及通胀连续第二个月放缓，降至自2月以来的最低水平，尽管伊朗战争升级带来了新的价格压力。
Egyptian inflation slowed for a second straight month to its lowest level since February, riding out renewed price pressures amid an escalation in the Iran war.
埃及国家统计局CAPMAS周六表示，城市地区消费者成本年增长率为13.9%，而8月为14.5%。环比来看，9月价格上涨1.3%，而8月仅上涨0.1%。
Consumer costs in urban areas rose an annual 13.9% in September versus 14.5% in August, state statistics agency CAPMAS said Saturday. On a monthly basis, prices increased 1.3% compared with 0.1% in August.
自美国和以色列于2月下旬对伊朗伊斯兰共和国发动打击以来，埃及——中东人口最多的国家——的通胀一直在加速和放缓之间波动，这导致全球能源和金融市场动荡。
Inflation in the Middle East’s most populous nation has veered between acceleration and slowing since the US and Israel launched strikes on the Islamic Republic in late February, roiling global energy and financial markets.
最新数据标志着2026年通胀数据第六次回落，此前曾在1月、4月、5月、6月和8月出现类似走势。目前尚不清楚是什么因素导致了放缓。
The latest data marks the sixth easing of the headline figure in 2026, mirroring the trajectory in January, April, May, June and August. It wasn’t immediately clear what drove the slowing.
食品和饮料价格是通胀篮子中的最大组成部分，9月同比上涨7.2%，而8月为6.3%；环比上涨2.8%，而8月为下降1.1%。
Food and beverage prices, the largest component of the inflation basket, increased 7.2% in September compared with 6.3% in August. On a monthly basis they rose 2.8% versus a 1.1% drop.
该数据还紧随7月底宣布的高耗电家庭电价上涨12%之后。埃及此前尚是净天然气出口国，但如今已更依赖进口来发电。
The data also comes after a 12% increase in electricity prices for higher-consuming households announced at the end of July. Egypt, until recently a net gas exporter, has become more dependent on imports to generate power.
伊朗战争爆发时，埃及央行暂停了持续近一年的渐进式货币宽松周期。
Egypt’s central bank paused a gradual, nearly yearlong monetary-easing cycle when the Iran war erupted.
央行在9月24日维持利率不变，并下调了通胀预期。其表示，头线通胀预计将在第三季度平均稳定，随后在2027年下半年逐步放缓至目标值7%（上下浮动两个百分点）。
Holding interest rates on Sept. 24, the regulator also revised down its inflation expectations. It said the headline figure was projected to stabilize on average in the third quarter and then gradually slow toward a target of 7%, plus or minus two percentage points, in the second half of 2027.