The Fed now expects its preferred inflation gauge, the deflator for personal consumption expenditures excluding energy and food, to rise by 2.25-2.5% this year and by 2-2.25% in 2007.

• 现在，美联储希望其首选的通货膨胀指标，即剔除能源与食物价格的个人消费支出平减指数，在今年上升到2.；25%25至2