9月份，核心通胀率连续第二个月出现超出预期的增长，这进一步增强了今年美联储有必要再进行一次加息的理由。上个月，几乎所有美联储官员在一致投票决定加息后，也都预计今年还会有一次加息。
Underlying inflation rose more than expected for a second straight month in September, strengthening the case for one more interest-rate increase this year that nearly all Federal Reserve officials penciled in when they voted unanimously to raise rates last month.
剔除食品和能源因素后的核心消费品价格9月份上涨了0.33%，这一涨幅超过了绝大多数华尔街经济学家的预测值；8月份该数值为0.29%。
Core consumer prices, which exclude food and energy, rose 0.33% in September, above nearly every forecast from Wall Street economists, after climbing 0.29% in August.
这份报告给美联储官员带来了两个问题。较为紧迫的一个是：此前美联储曾暗示两周后的会议不会加息，如今是否还能等到12月再行动？部分分析人士认为，既然官员们原本就计划加息，那么就没有理由再拖延；不过目前尚未有任何迹象表明单凭这一份报告就能促使美联储改变原定计划。
The report raises two questions for officials. The more immediate one is whether they can afford to wait until December to raise rates again after signaling recently that they didn’t anticipate moving at their meeting in two weeks. Some analysts have argued that there is little reason for the Fed to wait if officials expect to raise rates anyway, though officials haven’t given any sign that one report would lead them to reconsider.
更为关键的问题是：利率最终需要上调到什么水平？这一数值取决于能源价格上涨以及人工智能投资热潮所带来的通胀压力是否会向整个经济领域扩散。
The bigger question is how high rates ultimately need to go. That depends on whether pressures from higher energy prices and the AI investment boom are spreading into the broader economy.