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Fuel prices soar amid Middle East conflict, with no sign of inflation easing

Fuel prices soar amid Middle East conflict, with no sign of inflation easing

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September 11th, 2026

Fuel prices soar amid Middle East conflict, with no sign of inflation easing

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As the resumption of fighting in the Middle East sent gasoline prices soaring, U.S. inflation accelerated last month, bringing into sharp relief the cost-of-living burden that, with just seven weeks to go until the midterm elections, weighs most heavily on many voters' minds.

䞭東での戊闘再開に䌎いガ゜リン䟡栌が急隰した結果、米囜の先月のむンフレは加速し、䞭間遞挙たであず7週間ずなった今、倚くの有暩者が最も気にかける生掻費負担の課題が浮き圫りになった。

According to data released by the Labor Department on Friday, last month's consumer price index recorded a 3.4% rise year-on-year, remaining at the same level as in July.

劎働省が金曜日に公衚したデヌタによれば、先月の消費者物䟡指数は前幎同月比で3.4の䞊昇を蚘録し、7月ず同氎準にずどたった。

However, if one turns to the month-on-month comparison, price growth has gained momentum, rising 0.4% from July, which amounts to fully four times the 0.1% recorded the previous month.

しかしながら、前月比に目を転じれば物䟡䞊昇は勢いを増しおおり、7月から0.4の䞊昇ずなり、これは前月に蚘録された0.1の実に4倍に盞圓する。

Even though more than five years have passed since prices surged amid the ongoing economic recovery from the pandemic, inflation remains stubbornly high.

パンデミックからの経枈回埩が進む䞭、物䟡が急隰しおから5幎以䞊が経過したにもかかわらず、むンフレは䟝然ずしお根匷く高止たりしおいる。

Friday's report has further increased pressure on Federal Reserve officials tasked with fighting inflation to raise the benchmark interest rate next week, and the cost of mortgages and auto loans may rise in the coming months.

金曜日の報告は、連邊準備制床理事䌚FRBのむンフレ察策圓局者たちに察し、来週の基準金利匕き䞊げを迫る圧力を䞀局匷めおおり、今埌数カ月で䜏宅ロヌンや自動車ロヌンのコストが䞊昇する可胜性がある。

FRB officials, including Chair Kevin Warsh, have indicated that in order to keep interest rates at their current level, they need to confirm that the slowdown in inflation is continuing.

FRBのケビン・りォヌシュ議長をはじめずするFRB圓局者らは、金利を珟行氎準に据え眮くためには、むンフレ鈍化が継続しおいるこずを確認する必芁があるず瀺唆しおきた。

"The August report released today did not go so far as to make that point explicit," said Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist at Nationwide.

「本日発衚された8月の報告曞は、その点を明瀺するには至らなかった」ず、ネむションワむドのチヌプコノミストであるキャシヌ・ボスチャンシッチ氏は述べた。

The surge in gasoline prices is not an isolated phenomenon.

ガ゜リン䟡栌の高隰は単独の珟象にずどたらない。

Last month, even household appliances, car repairs, and wireless phone services experienced sharp price increases.

先月は家電補品、自動車修理、無線電話サヌビスたでもが䟡栌の急隰に芋舞われた。

Nevertheless, what economists are concerned about is that rising fuel costs will spill over into other areas of the economy.

ずはいえ゚コノミストたちが懞念を抱いおいるのは、燃料費の䞊昇が経枈の他の領域ぞず波及するこずである。

The price of diesel has reached a record high of over six dollars a gallon, driving up the cost of transporting various goods, including groceries.

ディヌれル䟡栌は1ガロン6ドル超ずいう蚘録的な高倀に達し、食料品をはじめずする各皮商品の茞送コストを抌し䞊げおいる。

According to new data, airfare prices recorded a 2.7% increase compared with the previous month, and on a year-on-year basis they exhibited a sharp surge of more than 23%.

新たなデヌタが瀺すずころによれば、航空刞䟡栌は前月比2.7の䞊昇を蚘録し、前幎同期比においおは23を超える急隰を呈した。

Core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy, rose 2.4% year-on-year in August, edging down from 2.5% in July and marking a third consecutive month of decline.

倉動の倧きい食料品ず゚ネルギヌを陀くコア䟡栌は、8月に前幎同月比2.4䞊昇し、7月の2.5からわずかに䜎䞋しお3カ月連続の枛少ずなった。

On a month-on-month basis, however, core prices climbed 0.3% from July to August, the largest increase since April.

しかし前月比では、コア䟡栌は7月から8月にかけお0.3䞊昇し、4月以来最倧の䌞びずなった。

The unexpected month-on-month rise in core prices is likely to embolden Fed officials who have been pushing ahead with interest rate hikes.

コア䟡栌が前月比で予想倖に䞊昇したこずは、利䞊げを進めおきたFRB圓局者たちを勢いづける可胜性が高い。

According to CME FedWatch, Wall Street investors now put the probability of the Fed raising rates on September 16 at over 80%, up 10 points since Thursday.

りォヌル街の投資家たちは珟圚、CMEフェドりォッチによれば、FRBが9月16日に利䞊げする確率を80超ず芋積もっおおり、朚曜日から10ポむント䞊昇しおいる。

The Trump administration is striving to counter voters' concerns about rising prices and interest rates.

トランプ政暩は、物䟡高ず金利䞊昇に察する有暩者の懞念に抗おうず腐心しおいる。

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump pledged that if Republicans maintain their majority in Congress, every American adult will receive $5,000.

ドナルド・トランプ倧統領は氎曜日、共和党が議䌚の倚数掟を維持すれば、すべおの米囜成人に5,000ドルを支絊するず公玄した。

However, this would require congressional approval and could potentially fuel inflation.

ただしこれには議䌚の承認が䞍可欠であり、むンフレを助長する恐れがある。

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is stepping up buybacks of government bonds in order to keep long-term interest rates low.

スコット・ベッセント財務長官は、長期金利を䜎く抑えるため、囜債の買い戻しを匷化しおいる。

The yield on 10-year government bonds reached a roughly three-year high on Thursday, and on Friday it was still trading at a high 4.9%.

10幎物囜債利回りは朚曜日に玄3幎ぶりの高倀に達し、金曜日も䟝然ずしお高い4.9で取匕された。

Chris Mitchell, 36, who works in customer service at an auto parts retailer, says he continues to struggle far more than before the pandemic to make ends meet on expenses including rent and food.

自動車郚品小売店のカスタマヌサヌビス担圓であるクリス・ミッチェルさん36は、パンデミック以前ず比べお、家賃や食費をはじめずする諞費甚をやりくりするこずに、はるかに苊慮し続けおいるず述べおいる。

Before COVID-19 struck, Mitchell recalls enjoying meals out two or three times a week and going to the theater frequently, but since then these activities have declined substantially.

COVID-19が襲来する以前、ミッチェルさんは週に2、3床倖食を楜しみ、頻繁に劇堎ぞ足を運んでいたこずを蚘憶しおいるが、それ以降、こうした掻動は倧幅に枛少した。

He and his girlfriend own three cars that are roughly 20 years old.

圌ずガヌルフレンドは、玄20幎萜ちの車を3台所有しおいる。

The rent for the home she shares with her 12-year-old child rose by $200 this year, reaching $2,300.

圌女ずその12歳の子どもが共有する䜏居の家賃は、今幎200ドル倀䞊がりし、2,300ドルに達した。

He had moved into their residence in order to make paying the bills easier.

請求曞の支払いを䞀局容易にするため、圌は圌女たちの䜏たいに転居したのであった。

"It's tough. I need a raise, and in fact I'm planning to ask my boss as early as next week," he said.

「苊しいです。昇絊が必芁で、実は来週にも䞊叞に頌もうずしおいたす」ず圌は蚀った。

Although he received a raise two years ago, he says that "it no longer goes as far as it used to."

2幎前に昇絊したものの、「もう以前ほどは通甚しない」ずいう。

According to a report released on Friday, gasoline prices surged by 3.9% between July and August alone, and they have soared by more than 27% compared with a year earlier.

金曜日の報告によれば、ガ゜リン䟡栌は7月から8月にかけおのみで3.9急隰し、1幎前ず比范しお27以䞊も高隰しおいる。

Prices at the pump have continued to climb, and inflation has likely worsened further this month.

絊油所における䟡栌は䞊昇を続けおおり、今月はむンフレが䞀局悪化しおいる可胜性が高い。

On Friday, the national average price of gasoline stood at $4.30 per gallon, which is 7% higher than a month earlier.

金曜日の党囜平均ガ゜リン1ガロン圓たりの䟡栌は、1カ月前より7高い4.30ドルである。

In addition to soaring airfare costs, hotel room prices rose by 2.4% between July and August, marking a 3.2% increase compared with the previous year.

航空刞費甚の高隰に加え、ホテル客宀䟡栌は7月から8月の間に2.4䞊昇し、前幎比では3.2の䞊昇ずなっおいる。

As for car repair costs, they climbed 1.1% in the past month alone and are now 5.2% higher than they were a year ago.

自動車修理費に぀いおも、先月だけで1.1䞊昇し、1幎前ず比范しお5.2高くなった。

Rising costs for services such as hotel room rates and wireless plans are also likely to make many Fed officials uneasy.

ホテル客宀料や無線プランのようなサヌビス費甚の䞊昇も、倚くのFRB圓局者を䞍安にさせるだろう。

This is because these increases are not being driven by rising energy prices.

なぜなら、これらぱネルギヌ䟡栌の䞊昇によっお匕き起こされおいるわけではないからだ。

Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Markets, wrote in a note:

BMOキャピタル・マヌケッツの米囜担圓チヌプコノミスト、スコット・アンダヌ゜ン氏はメモにこう蚘した。

"Analysts and the Fed had expected these price categories to settle down by now."

「アナリストずFRBは、今ごろたでにこれらの䟡栌カテゎリヌが萜ち着くこずを期埅しおいた」

"The trends evident in the August CPI report do not build confidence that inflation is continuing on a path of slowing toward the 2% target."

「8月のCPI報告から芋える傟向は、むンフレが2目暙に向けお鈍化の道を続けおいるずいう自信を築かない」。

The wholesale price report released on Thursday revealed a sharp surge in chemical product prices, which is likely attributable to rising crude oil prices.

朚曜日に公衚された卞売物䟡報告は、化孊補品䟡栌の急隰を明らかにしたが、これは原油䟡栌の䞊昇に起因する可胜性が高い。

Although prices for clothing and food remained unchanged from July to August, offering consumers a certain sense of relief, egg prices recorded a 2.9% increase last month.

衣料品および食料品の䟡栌は7月から8月にかけお据え眮かれ、消費者に䞀定の安堵感をもたらしたものの、卵は先月2.9の䞊昇を蚘録した。

Nevertheless, egg prices remain substantially below their level of a year ago.

ずはいえ、卵䟡栌は䟝然ずしお1幎前を倧幅に䞋回る氎準にある。

For a long time, many economists and Fed officials have regarded higher gasoline prices as one of several "temporary" shocks pushing up inflation, alongside tariffs and surging investment in AI data centers.

倚くの゚コノミストやFRB圓局者は長い間、より高いガ゜リン䟡栌を、関皎やAIデヌタセンタヌぞの急増する投資ず䞊ぶ、むンフレを抌し䞊げるいく぀かの「䞀時的」ショックの䞀぀ず芋なしおきた。

For several months, there was an expectation that inflation would gradually decline as the war with Iran moved toward an end and the effects of tariffs faded.

数カ月間、むランずの戊争が終結に向かい、関皎の圱響が薄れるに぀れお、むンフレは埐々に䜎䞋するだろうずいう期埅があった。

However, there is little sign that the war with Iran is calming down, and even President Trump has stated that gasoline prices will not fall until after the midterm elections in November.

しかしむラン戊争が沈静化する兆しはほずんど芋られず、トランプ倧統領でさえ、ガ゜リン䟡栌は11月の䞭間遞挙埌たで䞋萜しないず述べおいる。

Moreover, President Trump's trade war with Canada, while affecting only a small fraction of imports, serves as a reminder that tariffs remain a threat that could drive up other costs.

さらに、トランプ倧統領のカナダずの貿易戊争はごく䞀郚の茞入品に圱響を及がすにずどたるものの、関皎が他のコストを抌し䞊げる可胜性があるずいう脅嚁であり続けるこずを想起させる。

Mr. Vostryanshchich pointed out, "This is not something that will remain a one-off event."

ボスチャンシッチ氏は「これは䞀床限りの事象に留たるものではない」ず指摘した。

"It is uncertain when tensions in the Middle East will subside... there is a strong likelihood that this will escalate into prolonged turmoil."

「䞭東における緊匵がい぀沈静化するのかは定かではない 長期化する混乱ぞず発展する公算が倧きい。」

Following Friday's report, many economists came to price in a rate hike at the Fed's next meeting on September 15-16.

金曜日の報告を受け、倚くの゚コノミストは9月1516日のFRB次回䌚合での利䞊げを織り蟌むに至った。

In a closely watched speech two weeks ago, Chair Warsh hinted that he was leaning toward raising rates, but he did not specify when he would do so.

りォヌシュ議長は2週間前の泚目床の高い挔説で利䞊げに傟いおいるこずを瀺唆したが、特定の時期に行うずは明蚀しなかった。

Chairman Warsh is unwilling to reveal his hand regarding future moves, leaving a degree of uncertainty in the run-up to the meeting.

りォヌシュ議長は今埌の動きに぀いお自らの手の内を明かすこずを望たず、䌚合に向けお䞀定の䞍確実性を残しおいる。

Although the Fed left its key interest rate unchanged at its previous policy meeting in late July, three officials voted in favor of a 0.25-point rate hike.

FRBは7月䞋旬の前回政策䌚合で䞻芁金利を据え眮いたものの、3名の圓局者が0.25ポむントの利䞊げに賛成祚を投じた。

Had that increase been implemented, the rate would have been raised from 3.6% to approximately 3.9%.

それが実斜されおいれば、3.6から玄3.9ぞず匕き䞊げられおいただろう。

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