The world this weekBusinessIn testimony to Congress, Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, admitted that prices are increasing at a faster pace than central bankers have forecast,but reiterated his view that pressures will eventually ease, avoiding any return to 1970s levels of inflation.Fed officials now think consumer prices in America will be 3.4% higher in the fourth quarter than a year before,up from 2.4% in an earlier projection (in May a different measure of inflation hit 5%).Mr Powell pointed out that price rises are sharpest in sectors linked to the reopening of the economy, and will recede.Microsoft’s market capitalisation reached $2trn, making it only the second American company, after Apple, to do so.It hit a valuation of $1trn in April 2019.Microsoft’s share price is up by 20% since the start of the year, outperforming Amazon and Apple,but not Alphabet, which has seen its stock rise by around 40%.The median price of a home in America (excluding new builds) was $350,300 in May, a record according to the National Association of Realtors and up by 24% year on year.The NAR has also reported that sales are rocketing of vacation homes, “a hot commodity” as people seek peace and quiet to work remotely.
本周国际要闻商业版块美联储主席杰罗姆・鲍威尔(Jerome Powell)在国会作证时承认，物价上涨的速度快于央行官员们的预期，但他重申了自己的观点，即这些压力最终将会缓解，避免通胀程度回到上世纪70年代的水平。美联储官员现在认为，美国第四季度的消费者价格将比去年同期上涨3.4%，高于此前预测的2.4%(5月份另一种衡量通货膨胀的指标达到了5%)。鲍威尔指出，与经济重新开放有关的行业价格涨幅最大，并将回落。微软(Microsoft)的市值达到了2万亿美元，成为继苹果(Apple)之后第二家市值达到2万亿美元的美国公司。2019年4月，它的估值达到了1万亿美元。自今年年初以来，微软的股价上涨了20%，超过了亚马逊和苹果，而Alphabet的股价上涨了约40%。美国房地产经纪人协会的数据显示，5月份美国房屋价格中值(不含新建房屋)为350,300美元，同比增长24%，创历史新高。美国房地产经纪人协会(nar)还报道称，随着人们为了远程办公而倾向于选择环境优雅的场所，度假屋的销量也在飙升，成为“炙手可热的商品”。
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