The core consumer price index, to be released next week, is expected to show a year-on-year increase of just 1.7% – or even less, if the lower oil price feeds through from headline to core CPI. And real wage growth stands at less than 2%, which is below the level deemed necessary by the Fed to underpin a sustainable acceleration in consumer spending.
但一些指标依旧引发美联储关注。个人消费支出平减指数仍远低于2％的目标。将于下周公布的核心消费者物价指数，预计显示较去年同期增幅仅为1.7％，如果低油价的影响从新闻标题蔓延至核心CPI的话，这个指数甚至更低。而实际工资增长不到2％，低于美联储认为可支撑消费支出可持续加速增长的必要水平。