机构报告称英国将长期面临低通胀局面

 　　LONDON, April 14 (Xinhua) -- EY ITEM Club, a British forecasting group, Monday said that Britain would experience a long period of low inflation as the economy grows steadily¹.

　　Meanwhile, the institution raised the British economic growth forecast from 2.7 percent to 2.9 percent for this year.

　　Peter Spencer, economic advisor² to EY ITEM Club said: "We are set for a long period of low inflation as pressures from commodity prices and the labor³ market, traditionally the two main suspects in the UK inflation drama, remain largely absent."

　　Britain's inflation rate was 1.7 percent in February and the unemployment rate had declined to 7.2 percent, according to the Office for National Statistics of the country.

　　The club also claimed that the wage growth rate increased faster than inflation for the first time in almost six years.

　　With inflation under control and a stronger pound, the forecast predicts that the British central bank will keep interest rates on hold at 0.5 percent until the third quarter of 2015.

1 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

2 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。