Existing problems worsened because of worldwide increases in fertilizer costs and natural gas import prices.

由于化肥价格和天然气进口价格在全球范围内上涨，现有的问题进一步恶化。

Indeed, prices on wholesale markets for goods are already falling fast, and import prices are also declining.

事实上，批发市场的商品价格已经在快速下降，进口价格也在下降。

By comparison, recent exchange-rate wobbles have been modest, which has limited the extent to which higher import prices add to inflationary pressure.

相比之下，最近的汇率波动比较温和，这限制了更高的进口价格对通胀造成的压力。

Higher import prices are also likely to ensure that the Bank of England continues to overshoot its 2% inflation target, as it has for the last 38 months.

更高的进口价格也极可能把英格兰银行继续送上超出它所定的2%通货膨胀的目标的不归路上，因为这已经持续38个月。

But an important reason for that is that declines in import prices reflecting the appreciation of the dollar and declines in energy prices are holding down inflation well below our target and well below core inflation.

而很重要的一个原因是，反映美元升值的进口价格的下跌和能源价格的下跌拉低了通胀率，使其远远低于我们的目标和核心通胀率。