price push inflation

基本解释

Gas and electricity prices have risen by nearly a fifth this year, which helped push the latest consumer-price index of inflation, released on October 18th, back to its 2008 peak of 5.2%.
今年天然气及电力价格增长了近五分之一，致使10月8日公布的最新通胀消费物价指数上升到5.2%，[color=#ff0000]达到2008年出现峰值以来的最高水平。
Zhou Fengqi, an analyst with the NDRC's energy research institute, said, "The government has delayed energy price hikes because it does not want to push up the already high inflation."
发改委能源研究所分析员周凤启表示，政府减缓税收上调的速度，是为了避免缓解目前存在的高的通货膨胀。
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The central bank said another factor for inflation is rising salaries, which will push up overall price levels.
央行指出，上涨的薪资水平是通货膨胀的又一因素，推动价格水平的全面上涨。
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All these things can swell domestic demand and so push up general price inflation.
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