根据美国劳工统计局（BLS）的数据，8月至9月期间，生产者价格指数上涨了1.3%，这一涨幅为四年多以来的最高水平。
Producer prices rose by 1.3 percent from August to September, the largest jump in more than four years, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
以生产者价格指数衡量，9月份的涨幅是自2022年2月至3月期间生产者价格指数上涨1.7%以来的最大增幅。那次生产者价格的大幅上涨发生在通胀率创下40年新高的数月之前。
September’s increase, as measured by the producer price index (PPI), is the largest since producer prices rose by 1.7 percent from February to March 2022. That spike in producer prices occurred months before inflation hit a 40-year high.
劳工统计局的数据还显示，9月份生产者成本同比上升了6.3%，这是自2022年12月以来最大的年度涨幅。批发价格方面，7月至8月期间上涨了0.5%，6月至7月期间则上涨了0.2%。
Producer costs were also up 6.3 percent year-over-year in September, the largest annual increase since December 2022, according to the BLS data. Wholesale prices also increased by 0.5 percent from July to August and 0.2 percent from June to July.
9月份的这一强劲数据也超出了经济学家的预期——接受《华尔街日报》调查的专家原本预计当月生产者价格指数和年度涨幅将分别达到0.6%与5.5%。
September’s hot reading also surpassed the expectations of economists — experts surveyed by the Wall Street Journal projected monthly and annual PPI increases of 0.6 percent and 5.5 percent, respectively.
能源成本的飙升是9月份生产者价格指数上涨的主要原因，其贡献率超过80%。同期能源类产品的生产者价格指数上涨了10.8%。
Spikes in energy costs accounted for more than 80 percent of September’s increase in producer prices. The PPI for energy rose by 10.8 percent from August.
伊朗战争带来的连锁效应仍在持续影响能源行业：伊朗伊斯兰共和国对至关重要的霍尔木兹海峡实施了航运限制。截至周四上午，作为北美原油基准价的西德克萨斯中质原油价格已突破每桶96美元。
The energy industry remains hampered by spillover effects from the Iran war, as the Islamic Republic has restricted shipping in the crucial Strait of Hormuz. West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the North American benchmark, is trading at above $96 per barrel as of Thursday morning.
近期，得到伊朗支持的胡塞武装对沙特阿拉伯的多座机场发动了致命袭击，这也进一步推高了油价。
Oil prices also increased after the Iran-backed Houthis launched deadly attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia in recent days.
就在发布这份生产者价格指数数据的前一天，劳工统计局公布称，以消费者价格指数衡量，9月份的年度通胀率为3.7%。这一数值是继5月份通胀率达4.2%之后，消费者价格年度涨幅的最高水平。数据显示，8月至9月期间消费者价格的上涨中，汽油价格上涨的贡献率超过一半。
The latest PPI data came in a day after the BLS reported that annual inflation was 3.7 percent in September, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). That marked the largest year-over-year spike in consumer prices since May, when CPI inflation was 4.2 percent. Gas price increases accounted for more than half of the increase in consumer prices from August to September, the numbers show.
CPI与PPI数据表明，通胀水平并未朝着美联储设定的2%目标值回落。本月晚些时候，美联储官员将举行会议，商讨是否连续第二次加息。
The CPI and PPI reports indicate inflation is not on the way down towards the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target. Central bank officials will gather later this month, as they ponder whether to hike interest rates for a second-straight meeting.
海军联邦信用合作社的首席经济学家希瑟·朗周四指出，企业将高昂的运营成本转嫁给消费者是“不可避免”的。
Heather Long, the chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said Thursday it is “inevitable” that companies will pass on elevated costs to consumers.
“这再次说明，抗击通胀的过程很可能比所有人预期的都要漫长，”朗在社交平台上写道。
“It’s yet another reason this fight against inflation is likely to be longer than anyone wants,” Long wrote on social platform