A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
通货膨胀
Inflation
Inflation is the crabgrass in your savings.
通货膨胀是你储蓄中的杂草。
Steel prices cause inflation like wet sidewalks cause rain.
钢铁价格引发通胀，就像潮湿的人行道引发降雨一样。
Foreign trade clearly has been a reason why inflation has been low.
很明显，对外贸易是通货膨胀率低的一个原因。
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
通货膨胀像强盗一样狂暴，像持械抢劫犯一样可怕，像杀手一样致命。
I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
我不介意回到夏令时。在通货膨胀的情况下，这个小时将是我一整年唯一节省下来的时间。
By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency, there was a willingness to accept more forceful measures to try to deal with the inflation.
当我成为主席时，我有了一种紧迫感，人们愿意接受更有力的措施来应对通胀。
Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear.
通货膨胀并不总是主要问题，甚至根本不是问题。有时，尽管很少，通缩是一个更严重的威胁，我们需要搁置许多我们一直珍视的正统观点。
Of course, looking tough on inflation is part of any central banker's job description: if investors believe that inflation is going to get out of control, you end up with higher interest rates and capital flight, and a vicious circle quickly ensues.
当然，对通胀持强硬态度是任何央行行长职责的一部分:如果投资者认为通胀将失控，最终将导致利率上升和资本外逃，恶性循环很快就会出现。
Businesses that have gone through an episode of hyperinflation become understandably alert to the threat of it: at the first hint of inflation, they're likely to increase prices, since they've learned that if they don't, and inflation hits, their businesses will be wrecked.
经历过恶性通胀的企业对通胀的威胁变得警觉，这是可以理解的:一有通胀迹象，它们就可能提高价格，因为它们明白，如果不这样做，一旦通胀来袭，它们的企业就会破产。
The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy and the stock market. If you want to know where the stock market is headed, forget about consumer spending and retail sales figures. Look to business spending, price inflation, interest rates, and productivity gains.
事实上，商业和投资支出才是经济和股市的真正领先指标。如果你想知道股市的走向，那就忘掉消费者支出和零售数据吧。看看企业支出、物价通胀、利率和生产率的提高。