The thinking goes that if interest rates are higher and it's more expensive for people and businesses to borrow money, they'll spend less of it and inflation will settle back down.

这里面逻辑是，如果利率更高，个人和企业借款成本就更高，于是便会减少消费，通货膨胀就因此稳定下来。

Inflation has not hit consumer spending as hard as it has hit consumer sentiment.

通货膨胀对消费支出打击不如对消费打击那么大。

Falling food prices, notably for pork, lay behind a drop in China's official consumer-inflation rate to 0.9% in January, year on year.

1月份中国官方消费通货膨胀率同比下降至0.9%，原因是食物（尤其是猪肉）下降。

I think the big takeaway is that inflation has not hit consumer spending as hard as it has hit consumer sentiment.

我认为最大收获是通货膨胀对消费支出打击没有对消费情绪打击那么大。

Then inflation, CPI was the hot indicator.

随后，通货膨胀、消费指数（CPI）成为了热门指标。

They're making more money." " We haven't seen any substantial increase in consumer resistance from this pricing." " Inflation is hurting consumers more than corporations." " Not in my experience." " Not in your experience? " " Why are we singling out one industry?

他们赚了更多钱。“我们没有看到消费对这种定抵制有任何实质性增加。“通货膨胀对消费伤害比对企业伤害更大。”“根据我经验，没有。”“不是你经验吗？”“为什么我们只挑出一个行业？

The US and many other economies went through a major surge of inflation in the past few years, and as customers were trying to save money, many of them increasingly sought out lower cost retailers such as Walmart.

过去几年， 美国及许多其他经济体经历了严重通货膨胀，消费为节省开支，越来越多地转向像沃尔玛这样更低零售商。

While such spending can boost the economy in the short term, it has negative long-term effects such as inflation, increased consumer debt and reduced savings.

虽然此类支出可以在短期内提振经济，但会产生负面长期影响，例如通货膨胀、消费债务增加和储蓄减少。