尽管美国对伊朗开战导致燃油价格有所缓解，通胀仍居高不下。美国消费者价格在10月份涨幅超出预期，尽管在霍尔木兹海峡关闭对全球市场长期影响的担忧有所缓解后，汽油价格跌至四个月低点。
Inflation remained high, despite some easing in fuel prices caused by the US war on Iran. Consumer prices in the United States increased in October more than expected, even as petrol prices fell to a four-month low after some easing of concerns about the long-term impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on global markets.
美国劳工部统计局周二发布的最新报告显示，所有项目的消费者价格指数（CPI）10月份上涨0.4%，延续了自7月以来的通胀趋势。该机构称，10月份住房和食品的平均成本也有所上涨。
In its latest report released on Tuesday, the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items rose by 0.4 percent in October, continuing an inflationary trend since July. The average cost of shelter, as well as food, also rose in October, according to the agency.
劳工部的报告高于克利夫兰联邦储备银行的预测，后者预计CPI将上涨0.2%，也高于FactSet调查的经济学家预测，他们预计涨幅为0.3%，尽管能源价格的下行压力有所减轻。
The Labor Department’s report was higher than the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, which had forecast the CPI to increase by 0.2 percent, and economists polled by FactSet, who had predicted an increase of 0.3 percent, despite the lowering pressure on energy prices.
周一，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，未来对德黑兰采取军事行动的可能性不大。“伊朗在军事上实际上已经结束，”特朗普说。“我们只是维持现状，而且这主要是应其邻国的要求。”美国汽车协会称，一加仑汽油的平均价格首次自7月以来跌破4美元（每升1.06美元）。但目前平均价格为3.98美元，仍远高于一年前的3.07美元。2月28日，当美国和以色列首次袭击伊朗时，一加仑汽油的平均价格为2.98美元（每升0.78美元）。
On Monday, US President Donald Trump said that future military action against Tehran was unlikely. “Iran militarily is effectively over,” Trump said. “We’re just keeping it the status quo, and we’re doing that really at the behest of countries that are their neighbours.”The average price of a gallon of petrol fell below $4 ($1.06 per litre) for the first time since July, according to the American Automobile Association. But the average price, currently $3.98, is still significantly higher than the $3.07 mark it was at a year ago. The average price of a gallon of petrol was $2.98 ($0.78 per litre) on February 28, when the US and Israel first struck Iran.
经济和生活成本问题是11月3日举行的中期选举中选民的主要关切，该选举中共和党失去了美国众议院和参议院的控制权。路透社/益普索在选举前夕发布的一项民调发现，78%的选民表示，生活成本是他们在考虑如何投票时非常重要或最重要的问题。该民调发现，43%的选民支持民主党处理该问题，而32%的选民更倾向于由共和党处理。
The economy and cost-of-living concerns were leading concerns for voters in midterm elections that were held on November 3, which saw Republicans lose control of both the US House of Representatives and the Senate. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on the eve of the elections found that 78 percent of voters said cost-of-living was very important or the most important issue for them when considering how they would vote. Democrats, the poll found, were favoured by 43 percent of voters, compared with 32 percent who preferred Republicans to handle it.
自战争及其对经济的影响以来，选民对特朗普本人的看法也大多转为负面。根据路透社/益普索的民调，只有32%的选民批准他的工作表现，仅比上个月创下的31%的历史新高低一点。
How voters view Trump himself has also turned largely negative since the war and its impact on the economy. Only 32 percent of voters approved of his job performance, according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, just one point above his record low of 31 percent last month.
特朗普的共和党在中期选举中遭遇重大失利，在得克萨斯州和堪萨斯州等州失去了通常由共和党占据的国会席位。
Trump’s Republican Party was dealt major losses in the midterm elections, losing typically Republican seats in Congress in states like Texas and Kansas.
特朗普本人以及其政府的关键成员，如副总统JD·万斯，都承认对伊朗的战争在选举失利中发挥了作用。
Trump himself, as well as key members of his administration like Vice President JD Vance, have acknowledged that the war on Iran played a part in those electoral losses.