美国4月的CPI为8.3%，依旧在高位运行，这让全球市场对美联储激进式加息担忧不已。下面文景宁波翻译公司与您一同来阅读短文《美联储加息以应对通货膨胀》。

For the first time in 22 years, the U.S. Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by half a percentage point.

美联储22年来首次将利率上调0.5个百分点。

That's what we're breaking down first today. I'm Carl Azuz.

这就是我们今天首先要讨论的内容。 我是卡尔·阿祖兹。

Interest is what banks get paid for loaning people money.

利息是银行贷款给人们所得到的报酬。

If the Federal Reserve, America's central bank raises interest rates, it means people have to pay back a higher percentage of the money they borrow.

如果美联储，美国的中央银行提高利率，这意味着人们必须偿还更高比例的借款。

Why would the Fed want to do that? Inflation.

美联储为什么要这么做? 通货膨胀。

The cost of living in America has gone up significantly over the past year as prices on the things we buy have risen.

在过去的一年中，随着我们所购买的商品价格上涨，美国的生活成本大幅上升。

The thinking goes that if interest rates are higher and it's more expensive for people and businesses to borrow money, they'll spend less of it and inflation will settle back down.

他们的想法是，如果利率更高，个人和企业借钱的成本更高，他们就会减少支出，通胀就会回落。

It's not an exact science.

这不是一门精确的科学。