Japan’s inflation rate fell to its lowest level in over a year in November as the economy struggles to emerge from a recession， in a freshsetback to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign to end more than a decade ofchronic price falls.

　　正當日本經濟努力擺脫衰退之際，11月日本通貨膨脹率跌至一年來最低水準，這使首相安倍晉三為結束長達十年的價格下跌而作的努力再遭新挫折。（華爾街日報）

　　Inflation，excluding volatile prices of fresh food， slowed to 2.7 percent from 2.9 percentin October， according to data from the internal affairs ministry.

　　根據總務省發佈的數據，不包括波動較大的新鮮食品的通脹水準從10月的2.9%降至2.7%。（雅虎）

　　Pricesrose from year-earlier levels largely because the government raised sales taxfrom 5.0 percent to 8.0 percent on April 1， which drove up retail prices.

　　價格比一年前的水準有所上漲，主要是因為政府4月將消費稅從5%上調到8%，這一行動推漲了零售價格。（雅虎）

　　Inflation has been slowing across the world， a trend that isstrengthening with the rapid descent of international oil prices， complicatingefforts by central banks， such as the Bank of Japan and the European CentralBank， to prevent or get rid of deflation.

　　距離日本央行擴大刺激政策，通過政府購買債券向經濟注入更多現金還不到兩個月，更為便宜的進口原油價格將進一步推低通貨膨脹並偏離日本央行未來數月目標，並將迫使中央銀行再次採取行動的預期已經越來越強烈。（華爾街日報）

　　日本政府27日通過總額約3.5萬億日元（約合290億美元）的所有經濟刺激措施，以幫助受消費稅增長及日元貶值重擊的地方經濟振興復蘇。

　　（周武英 編譯）