The core rate of inflation, stripping out energy and food, rose again to 6.8%; food prices were up by 19.1%.

剔除能源与食品价格后的核心通胀率再次上涨至6.8%; 食品价格上涨19.1%。

In many countries the core rate of inflation, excluding volatile energy and food prices, remains uncomfortably high—at 3.2% in America and 2.9% across the euro zone—even as underlying economies show signs of slowing and financial markets become increasingly jittery.

在许多国家，尽管基础经济出现放缓迹象、金融市场愈发紧张，但不包括波动的能源和食品价格的核心通胀率仍然高得令人不安，美国为 3.2%，欧元区为 2.9%。