If the underlying price trend is added to this, it is easily understandable why inflation rates are currently coming down everywhere. In the US, the annual inflation rate fell from 5.6% in July 2008 to 0.1% in December 2008, and in Europe from 4.4% in July 2008 to 2.2% in January 2009.
如果再加上潜在的价格趋势，就容易理解为什么现在各地的通货膨胀率都在下滑。美国的年度通胀率从2008年7月的5.6%降到当年12月的0.1%。欧洲则从2008年7月的4.4%降至2009年1月的2.2%。