日本企业服务价格在9月加速上涨，增加了通胀持续升温的迹象，支撑了市场预期日本央行将在年底前再次加息。
Japan’s corporate service prices rose more quickly in September, adding to signs of growing inflation and supporting market expectations for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates again by the end of the year.
根据日本央行周二发布的报告，企业间服务成本同比上涨3.7%，较上月修正后的3.5%涨幅有所加快。受中东冲突影响，海运费用飙升97.7%，创下1986年有数据以来的最大涨幅。
The costs of services among companies advanced 3.7% from a year ago in September, accelerating from a revised 3.5% increase a month earlier, according to a BOJ report published Tuesday. Ocean freight transportation costs soared 97.7% — the biggest jump in data going back to 1986 — due to the impact of the Middle East conflict.
服务价格居高不下可能会增强日本央行的信心，即温和通胀已扎根。市场普遍预期，央行将在周五结束的货币政策会议上判断物价终于首次达到了其2%的通胀目标。
Elevated service prices will likely underpin the BOJ’s confidence that moderate inflation has become entrenched. The central bank is widely expected to judge that prices have finally reached its 2% inflation target for the first time when it delivers a policy decision at a meeting ending on Friday.
根据彭博社的一项调查，超过80%的经济学家预期日本央行将在12月会议上上调基准利率，此前央行已在上月加息。无人预期本周五会加息。
More than 80% of economists expect the BOJ to lift its benchmark rate at its December meeting after raising it last month, according to a Bloomberg survey. None anticipate a hike this Friday.