In a breakdown of the August price data, energy lowered the month-on-month inflation rate by nearly half a percentage point.

在 8 月份价格数据的细目分析中，能源将环比通胀率降低了近半个百分点。

Inflation is expected to come in at 7.3 percent in the year through January when the government releases fresh consumer price data next week.

政府下周将公布最新消费者物价指数，预计截至1月的一年通胀率为7.3%。

But the official price data used in constructing this index show that people are adjusting to high inner-city prices by buying homes that are ever farther from urban centres.

但是，我们的指标用上了官方的数据，这些数据显示人们通过购买远离市中心的住房来适应高昂的中心城区房价。