据油价网8月10日报道，美国劳工统计局（Bureau of Labor Statistics）周三公布的最新数据显示，美国7月份消费者价格指数（CPI）没有实质变化，这表明由于汽油价格下跌，通货膨胀正在缓解。

总体而言，跟踪汽油价格的CPI下降了7.7%，而包括食品在内的其他指数则出现了上涨。二手车和机票价格也随着汽油价格的下降而下降。

这可能意味着我们已经遭受了通货膨胀的顶峰，通货膨胀的减缓是汽油价格下跌的直接结果。

7月份消费者物价虽然比去年同期上涨8.5%，但比6月份（9.1%）有所下降。6月份的数据创下了40年来的新高。

富国银行（Wells Fargo）预计，由于能源价格大幅下跌，未来几个月美国的通胀率可能会降至5%。

据MSN报道，该银行的投资机构团队周一在给客户的报告中说：“如果12个月的消费者价格指数突然大幅下降，可能从6月份的9.1%下降到未来两三个月的5%或6%，我们不会感到惊讶。”

美国汽车协会（AAA）数据显示，美国汽油价格已连续57天下跌，周三跌至每加仑4.010美元的全国平均价格。上月平均价格为每加仑4.684美元。周二，在GasBuddy跟踪的地点，每加仑汽油的平均价格为3.99美元。

CPI数据发布之前，上周发布了一份前景光明的就业报告。

黎泱 编译自 油价网

原文如下：

Falling Gasoline Prices Keep Inflation In Check

The U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) saw no real change in July, suggesting that inflation is easing as a result of falling gasoline prices, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. 

Overall, the CPI that tracks gasoline prices dropped by 7.7%, while other indexes, including food, saw increases. Used vehicles and airline tickets saw decreases along with gasoline. 

It could mean we’ve already suffered peak inflation, with inflation slowing as a direct result of falling gasoline prices. 

Consumer prices saw a 8.5% increase in July, year-on-year, but down from the 9.1% increase year-on-year recorded in June. June’s figures represented a forty-year high. 

Wells Fargo predicts that inflation in the U.S. could fall to 5% over the next few months due to steep drops in energy prices. 

"We would not be surprised to see the headline 12-month consumer price inflation reading post a sudden, large drop, maybe from 9.1% for June to 5% or 6% in the next two or three months," the bank's investment institute team said in a note to clients Monday, as reported by MSN. 

Gasoline prices in the United States have fallen for 57 consecutive days, reaching down to a national average per gallon of $4.010 on Wednesday, according to AAA. The month-ago average price per gallon was $4.684. On Tuesday, at locations tracked by GasBuddy, the average price per gallon was $3.99. 

The CPI numbers follow a promising jobs report last week.