美国人开车度假 全球油价创新高 Oil price rise fuels fears on inflation

　　随着美国人驾车上路，开始一年一度的暑假，上周五国际油价涨至新的创纪录高位。

　　International oil prices rose to a new record on Friday as US drivers took to the roads on their annual summer holiday.

　　油价涨至每桶75.78美元，引发通胀抬头的担忧，这导致美国和欧洲股市下挫。

　　The increase – to $75.78 a barrel – stoked fears that inflation could rise, leading share prices in the US and Europe lower

　　分析师称，油价上升使美联储(Fed)和其它央行加息可能性增大，尤其在高油价产生的压力没有立即下降迹象的情况下。

　　Analysts said the rise made it more likely that the US Federal Reserve and other central banks would increase interest rates, especially as pressure from high oil prices showed no sign of weakening soon.

　　伦敦曼氏金融(Man Financial)资深能源经纪人罗伯特·劳林(Robert Laughlin)表示：“人们在谈论(每桶)80美元的价位;坦率地说，这一价位可能很快就会达到。特别是如果未来两个月里墨西哥湾出现一次大飓风的话。”

　　Robert Laughlin, senior energy broker at Man Financial in London, said: “People are talking about $80 [a barrel]; quite frankly that looks like it could be hit sooner rather than later. Particularly if we get a large hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico over the next two months.”

　　美国是世界上最大的汽油消耗国，过去4周里，美国的汽油需求已跃升至每天960万桶。这使得人们担心，由于去年的飓风使美国炼油厂逾10%的产能关闭，目前各炼油厂仍然艰难应付这一局面，可能难以满足需求。

　　Demand for petrol in the US, the world’s biggest consumer, has jumped to 9.6m barrels a day in the past four weeks. This has caused concern that refineries – still struggling after last year’s hurricanes shut down more than 10 per cent of US capacity – could struggle to keep up.