Name: 二月通膨月增0.3%！年增2.4%！ (February inflation rate at 0.3% month over month and 2.4% year over year)
Uploaded: 2026-03-11T23:03:59.000Z
Duration: 4 min 13 s

In February, inflation rose by 0.3% month over month.

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And then the number you're probably keeping track of, 2.4% year over year, that was in line with expectations.

而你可能一直在關注的數字，年增2.4%，符合預期。

NBC News business and data correspondent Brian Chung joins us from the big board.

NBC News business and data correspondent Brian Chung 從 big board 加入我們。

Brian, walk us through these numbers and how they compare with these previous months.

Brian，請跟我們說說這些數字，以及它們跟前幾個月相比如何。

This is one of those reports that was just as expected.

這份報告的結果跟預期完全一樣。

But of course, the question is with the war in Iran, how is that going to change going forward?

但當然，問題是伊朗的戰爭，這會如何改變未來的走向？

Because the numbers that we're looking at preceded the conflict happening.

因為我們看到的數字是在衝突發生之前。

So again, what we're talking about here, as you mentioned, 2.4%, that's how much prices rose between February of this year and February of last year.

所以再次強調，就像你說的，我們現在討論的是2.4%，這代表今年二月到去年二月之間的物價漲幅。

As you look at the yearly rate that's essentially unchanged from where we saw the last reading in January of 2.4%.

你看年增率，基本上跟一月看到的2.4%差不多。

So again, the story here is largely the same, that, yes, we're not at that 2% target that economists say is healthy for an economy, but

所以，這裡的故事大同小異，沒錯，我們還沒達到經濟學家說的、對經濟健康的2%目標，但是

nonetheless, that is still vast improvement from the around 9% that we saw at peak at in the summer of 2022.

儘管如此，這還是比2022年夏天高峰期約9%的漲幅有了很大的改善。

So when we break it down by category, what do we see?

那麼，當我們按類別細分時，我們看到了什麼？

Yeah, so if we break it down by category and again, we're looking at the major categories here, food, energy and shelter.

是的，所以我們按類別細分，再次強調，我們看的是主要類別：食物、能源和住房。

Now, what we're looking at are monthly changes between February, or rather between January and February, food prices increased by 4.10of a percent.

現在，我們看到的是一月到二月的月度變化，食物價格上漲了4.10%。

Energy prices interestingly did go up by 6.10of a percent.

能源價格很有趣，上漲了6.10%。

再次強調，這是在伊朗戰爭之前。

Oil prices and gas prices at the pump were already kind of nudging higher, although certainly not to levels that we had seen yet.

油價和加油站的汽油價格已經在小幅上漲，當然還沒有達到我們之前見過的水準。

And then shelter costs, the biggest one, just putting a roof over your head, that increased by 2.10of a percent, the same pace that we had seen in the month prior.

然後是住房成本，這是最大的部分，也就是基本的居住需求，上漲了2.10%，和前一個月一樣的漲幅。

所以再說一次，這方面沒有加速。

But again, it seems like this food prices and energy prices are worth watching, especially as we get into March.

但話說回來，看起來食物和能源價格是值得關注的，尤其是在進入三月之後。

Brian, this report doesn't reflect the price changes we've seen since the Middle east war started.

Brian，這份報告並沒有反映出中東戰爭開打後我們看到的價格變動。

Walk us through how that could impact things here.

請跟我們說明一下這可能會對這裡產生什麼影響。

Yeah, I'll go into oil in a quick second.

I just want to point out that there are a few other types of commodities that we're watching as well.

我只是想指出，還有其他幾種商品我們也在關注。

Egg prices, by the way, having gone down pretty substantially.

順帶一提，雞蛋價格已經大幅下跌了。

Also $4, $0.03, ground beef up to $6.70 a pound.

還有4塊、3分錢，一磅的ground beef漲到6塊7毛。

That is up about a dollar from last year.

To your point, again, what we're looking at here in terms of this government data that comes in February, this number preceded the Iran war, but

說到重點，我們看政府2月的數據，這個數字是在伊朗戰爭之前，但

at the time, gasoline prices were $3 and 7 cents.

But again, the question is this next report, the one after that, in about a month, is going to show a massive spike as a result of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, where a lot of those tankers, 20% of the world's traffic goes through.

但問題是，下一次的報告，再下一次，大概一個月後，會因為Strait of Hormuz關閉而出現大幅飆升，那裡有20%的全球貨運通過。

And here is the most recent reading that we have according to Triple A today, $3.58 a gallon on average.

而根據AAA今天最新的數據，平均每加侖是3塊5毛8。

Again, that's up over half a dollar from where we just saw that measure that I just showed you.

再說一次，這比我剛才給你們看的那個數字，上漲了超過半塊錢。

So again, the next March inflation report is going to show that dramatic uptick as a result of the war.

所以，再一次，下一次三月的通膨報告，會因為戰爭而顯示出那次戲劇性的上漲。

And I have to imagine the Fed is maybe looking at the gas prices right now, perhaps even more than the February inflation report, as they try to figure out what to do next.

我可以想像，聯準會現在可能比看二月的通膨報告，更在意gas prices，來試著決定下一步該怎麼做。

Keeping in mind, we had that jobs report that wasn't ideal a little bit ago.

記住，我們之前有份不太理想的就業報告。

What's, what's it looking like for the Fed?

Yeah, the Fed set to make a decision next Wednesday.

是的，聯準會預計在下個星期三做出決定。

I don't have the exact countdown because my partner in crime, Caleb Silver, is not here.

因為我的搭檔Caleb Silver不在，所以我沒有精確的倒數計時。

But nonetheless, if we do talk about the overall picture for the Fed, they're looking at this chart.

但儘管如此，如果我們談論聯準會的整體情況，他們正在看這張圖表。

Again, the yearly rates over the last year or so.

再說一次，這是過去一年左右的年增率。

There's a big hole here in the middle because we didn't get the October data.

這裡中間有個大洞，因為我們還沒有十月的數據。

But if you consider that the 2.4, we're basically going sideways here.

但如果你看2.4這個數字，我們基本上是在盤整。

You might look at this figure and go, okay, for the Federal Reserve, you want inflation to go down.

你可能會看這個數字然後說，好吧，聯準會希望通膨下降。

But again, keep in mind, where we are right now is at 2.4%.

但請記住，我們現在的位置是2.4%。

So for that reason, the Fed might say, okay, you know what, Especially with that jobs picture weakening.

所以基於這個原因，聯準會可能會說，好吧，你知道嗎，尤其是就業數據正在走弱。

As we saw, there was a contraction in the amount of jobs that we saw in this country in the month of February as we got in that report last week, maybe there's not a compelling picture quite yet to begin aggressively cutting interest rates, despite the President's desire for the Federal Reserve to do so.

正如我們所見，上週的報告顯示，二月份我國就業人數出現萎縮，也許還沒有足夠的理由積極降息，儘管總統希望聯準會這麼做。

That is why the Fed is largely expected to not do anything with interest rates next week.

這就是為什麼大家普遍預期聯準會下週不會調整利率。

But of course, we'll have to see on Wednesday.

但當然，我們週三就知道結果了。

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