CAMBRIDGE – The world's major central banks are currently obsessed with the goal of raising their national inflation rates to their common target of about 2% per year. This is true for the United States, where the annual inflation rate was -0.1% over the past 12 months; for the United Kingdom, where the most recent data show 0.3% price growth; and for the eurozone, where consumer prices fell 0.6%.
美国剑桥—世界主要央行纷纷计划将国民通货膨胀率提高到正常标准——每年2%上。在美国是如此——过去12个月年通货膨胀率为-0.1%；在英国是如此——最新数据显示物价涨幅为0.3%；在欧元区也是如此——消费者物价下降0.6%。但这是真正的问题吗？