Expectations of future price increases converged around central-bank targets, touching off an era of long expansions and mild recessions.

因此, 未来价格增长预期趋近中央银行指定的目标, 即价格会缓慢增长或下降。

Heavy rain and melting snow had turned rivers into torrents, washing away houses and touching off rock and mud slides.

受暴雨和融化的积雪影响，河流变成了急流，冲走了房屋，引发了岩石滑动和泥石流。