9月通胀回升让美国人在中期选举前夕面临更高物价，民主党试图通过强调可负担性问题，从共和党手中夺回国会控制权。根据消费者价格指数（CPI），上月年通胀率为3.7%。按月度计算，能源、汽油和电力成本上涨。食品成本从8月到9月保持稳定，同比上涨2.5%。民主党以降低生活成本为竞选重点，将矛头指向特朗普总统的关税和伊朗战争，称其为物价上涨的原因。
September’s uptick in inflation dealt Americans with higher prices just before the midterm elections, as Democrats seek to wrestle back control of Congress from the GOP by highlighting affordability concerns. Annual inflation was 3.7 percent last month, according to the consumer price index (CPI). On a monthly basis, the cost of energy, gas and electricity rose. The cost of food held steady from August to September, and was up 2.5 percent year-over-year. Democrats have campaigned on lowering the cost of living, honing in on President Trump’s tariffs and the Iran war as the causes of price hikes.
与此同时，特朗普和共和党指责对手落入党内“共产党人”手中，因为今年多位左翼候选人赢得了初选。随着中期选举临近，以下是根据劳工统计局9月CPI数据，过去一年某些商品和产品价格的变化情况。自伊朗战争爆发以来物价持续上涨，2月年通胀率为2.4%。美国和以色列于该月最后一天发动了这场冲突。最近的回升尚未完全抵消通胀从2022年6月触及的40年峰值回落的幅度，当时通胀率达到9.1%。
Trump and Republicans, meanwhile, have accused the opposition of falling victim to “communists” within the party, as multiple left-wing candidates have won primaries this year. As the midterms approach, here is how much the prices for certain goods and products have changed over the past year, based on September CPI data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices have risen throughout the Iran war, after annual inflation was 2.4 percent in February. The U.S. and Israel launched the conflict on the final day of that month. The recent uptick has not fully offset the decline in inflation from the 40-year peak the metric reached in June 2022, when it hit 9.1 percent.
但通胀仍高于美联储2%的目标，这种状况已持续五年多。美联储官员上月加息25个基点，以应对顽固通胀。他们将于下周再次会议，决定是否再次加息，或将利率维持在3.75%至4%的区间。9月标志着自伊朗战争第一个完整月份3月以来，能源价格最大的单月涨幅。能源价格此前从7月到8月上涨2.1%，从6月到7月和从5月到6月分别下跌1.5%和5.7%。
But inflation remains above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target, as it has for five-plus years. Fed officials raised interest rates by a quarter point last month to combat sticky inflation. They will meet again next week to decide whether to hike again or hold rates at a range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent. September marked the largest monthly jump in energy prices since March, the first full month of the Iran war. Energy prices had increased by 2.1 percent from July to August and ticked down by 1.5 percent and 5.7 percent from June to July and May to June, respectively.
伊朗在霍尔木兹海峡对油轮的袭击近期有所增加，与此同时乌克兰军队加大了对俄罗斯炼油厂的打击力度。这两项事态发展均阻碍了全球原油和成品油市场，导致美国汽油和柴油价格上涨。汽油价格也经历了自战争爆发首月以来最大的单月涨幅，从8月到9月上涨了9.1%。根据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，美国普通汽油平均价格约为每加仑4.26美元，低于一个月前的约4.48美元，但比一年前高出1.20美元以上。
Iranian attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz have recently increased, while Ukrainian forces have ramped up strikes on Russian refineries. Both developments have hindered the global crude and refined fuel markets, leading to higher gas and diesel prices in the U.S. Gas prices also experienced their largest monthly jump since the first month of the war, rising by 9.1 percent from August to September. A gallon of regular gas in the U.S. costs an average of roughly $4.26, down from about $4.48 a month ago but more than $1.20 higher than a year ago, according to AAA.
平均而言，加利福尼亚州汽油价格超过6美元，华盛顿州和内华达州超过5美元。电力价格从8月到9月上涨了0.2%，抵消了7月到8月0.2%的跌幅。新数据中心更高的能源需求引发了社区电价上涨。特朗普周三表示，公司应承担其数据中心所需电力的费用。“在我授权下，新建和大型、在某些情况下是巨型数据中心必须自行发电，并将任何多余电力回馈或出售给当地社区或电网，因此导致电价上涨，”特朗普在Truth Social上写道，并补充说价格“可能会大幅下降”。
On average, gas prices are above $6 in California and above $5 in Washington and Nevada. Electricity prices went up 0.2 percent from August to September, offsetting the 0.2 percent decrease from July to August. Higher energy demands from new data centers have sparked an increase in electricity prices for communities. Trump said Wednesday companies should foot the bill for electricity their data centers require. “New and large, in some cases gigantic, Data Centers are mandated by me to make their own electricity, and give or sell any excess back to the local community, or grid, and therefore there is electric price increase,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding there “could be a substantial decrease” in prices.
家庭食品成本从8月到9月下降了0.1%，而外出就餐价格上涨了0.2%。鸡蛋价格为每打2.27美元，较2025年9月下降近35%，远低于2025年3月达到的20年峰值每打6.23美元。牛肉绞肉价格较2025年9月上涨约2.4%，但每磅6.48美元，低于6月的每磅6.98美元，后者同样是二十年峰值。上个月鸡肉价格为每磅2.06美元，与一年前持平。自2024年11月以来，鸡肉价格一直在每磅2.01美元至2.09美元之间波动。
The cost of food at home decreased by 0.1 percent from August to September, while prices for food away from home rose by 0.2 percent. Eggs cost $2.27 per dozen, down nearly 35 percent from September 2025 and well below the 20-year peak of $6.23 per dozen reached in March 2025. Ground beef prices were up roughly 2.4 percent from September 2025, but at $6.48 per pound, below June’s price of $6.98 per pound, which was also a two-decade peak. A pound of chicken cost $2.06 last month, exactly where it stood a year prior. Chicken prices have hovered between $2.01 and $2.09 since November 2024.
与2025年9月相比，二手车价格下降，但环比上涨0.7%——此前在8月和7月分别上涨0.4%。海军联邦信用合作社首席经济学家希瑟·朗上周表示，该行业正面临零部件价格更高、熟练劳动力短缺等多重因素叠加的“完美风暴”。“目前所有关于价格压力的报道，最终都汇聚到你当地修车店发生的事情上，”她对《国会山报》说。
The price of used vehicles was down relative to September 2025, but it rose by 0.7 percent on a monthly basis — after increasing by 0.4 percent in August and July. Heather Long, the chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said last week the industry is dealing with a “perfect storm” of more expensive parts and a shortage of skilled labor, among other factors. “Every single story out there of the price pressures right now all comes together in what's going on at your local mechanic shop,” she told The Hill.