Overseas network depth: inflation is not flat, the epidemic is rising again, and the lives of the American people are "not good"

CPI changes in the United States in recent years. Picture from the US Department of Labor

Data released on July 13, local time of the US Department of Labor, showed that the June consumer price index (CPI) in the United States rose 9.1%year -on -year, reaching the highest record in 40 years. On the same day, the United States CNN reported that the most contagious variants of the new crown virus Omircong strains have arrived so far, and BA.5 is pushing the American infection rate and hospitalization rate.

Inflation is "high fever", and the prevention and control of the epidemic has a new problem, which is only a series of problems in American society. CNN has described the current United States: It has been tortured and exhausted by the new crowns that lasted two years, struggling with rising foods and gasoline prices, because of violent political divisions and splitting, the life of this country is "difficult".

Economic recession risk intensified

The US CPI "Break 9" has refreshed the highest record in 40 years. CNN said that this is much higher than 8.8%predicted by economists.

Energy, food and housing have soared, and high inflation is increasingly squeezing Americans' lives. A report released by the US Department of Labor on the 13th states that the average hourly salary of Americans decreased by 3.6%year -on -year. Mac Zandi, chief economist of Moody Analysis of the United States, told CNN that typical American families now spend more than $ 493 a month to buy the same products and services as the same period last year. Casey Jones, general manager of Jiaxin Financial Management, said, "inflation has almost eroded most of Americans' benefits, and people's purchasing power is declining." The Associated Press commented that under the high inflation, the majority of Americans lived in a difficult life and were deeply frustrated. Low -income people, African -American, and Spanish Americans were particularly severe.

Inflation is high, and the outside world is generally expected that the Fed will "walk fast" to raise interest rates again at the monetary policy conference on July 26, raising the benchmark interest rate at least 75 basis points. This has caused people to be more concerned about the decline in the US economy.

Meghan Green, the global chief economist of the Crore Institute, told the Associated Press that the Fed is to curb demand through interest rate hikes, but if they are too aggressive, the US economy will fall into recession. Economist Global think tank economist Berch said in an interview with CNN that the Federal Reserve made "decisions of maintaining inflation and stability" to reassure the market. "This means higher interest rates, but it also brings higher higher Risk of recession.

The new wave of infection is coming

The inflation of "high fever" is not the only problem in the White House. Many US media reports that new new crown virus variants may be triggering a new round of infection in the United States. The CNN publication appealed, "It's time to pay more attention to the new crown again."

With the decline in the cases of infection in the US official report and the relaxation of epidemic prevention policies, many Americans have removed their attention from the new crown epidemic. However, CNN reported on July 13 that the new subtype BA.5 of the new crown virus Omikon strain is pushing the infection rate and hospitalization rate of Americans. According to data from the American Centers for Disease Control (CDC), BA.5 has become the main strain of the United States and has currently accounted for 65%of new infection cases.

The New York Times said that the number of cases reported by the US official recently has been stable at about 100,000, but this number has been seriously underestimated, because many people are tested at home every day. Report. Experts say that there may be as many as 1 million infection cases in the United States every day, which is 10 times the official statistics. Holutz, director of the Children's Vaccine Development Center of Texas, told CNN that this is a comprehensive BA.5 wave, as in 2020 and 2021, "the surge in this summer may cause a particularly serious blow to the southern United States." Essence

As the crisis of the new round of epidemic is constantly rising, the increasingly relaxed epidemic prevention measures in the United States may not be able to deal with it. In April of this year, a federal judge ruled that CDC implemented "masks" illegal in public transportation systems. This ruling means that the American people do not need to wear masks when they are on public transportation such as planes and trains in China. At the same time, the US Congress or does not approve autumn vaccine funds, and the United States will not have enough funds to buy new vaccines for all Americans before autumn. "American people may usher in difficult autumn and winter." CNN said, "The official U.S. officials have seriously underestimated the real number of real infections, which will become a key blind spot for the United States to respond to BA.5 this year."

The pessimism of the people rises

In addition to high inflation and new coronal virus variants, the United States is also facing domestic problems such as exacerbation of political polarization and difficulty in gun violence. The White House can be described as troublesome.

Pessimism shrouded the United States, and the American people played "bad reviews" one after another. The joint polls released by the New York Times and Siena College on July 11 showed that 77%of the investigators believed that the United States was "moving forward in a wrong direction", and only 13%of them were in the opposite attitude. The results of the latest polls issued by the US polls Lasmussen reported on the same day also showed that only 19%of Americans believed that the United States was still on the right road.

In this context, the support rate of the Biden government continued to decline.According to the "New York Post" reported on July 9, the latest poll in the United States said that the support rate of US President Biden plummeted to 30%, a record low.The latest polls released by Yahoo News on the 13th stated that only 18%of Americans supported Biden to participate in the election in 2024, which is "the lowest number so far."The Associated Press said that many issues constitute a major political threat to Democrats in the midterm elections."There is no doubt that our best days are still behind." On the "Independence Day" on the United States, Biden posted on social media.However, the "big cake" painted by Biden is obviously not very attractive.CNN's article bluntly stated, "The best days in the United States are still behind -this tone is becoming increasingly unbelievable." (Text/Lao Du)

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