通货膨胀率下降是长期经济衰退中的一线希望。

The fall in inflation is the silver lining of the prolonged recession.

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因此，在某种意义上说，也许真正的问题不应该是通货膨胀率为什么目前高了，而是印度为什么似乎出现了长期高通胀。

So in a sense, perhaps the real question ought not to be why inflation is high now, but why India seems to have chronically high inflation.

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因为能源是整个经济的重要因素，如果油价长期高企不下，通货膨胀率就可能继续上涨，而经济增长率却在下降。可能出现的极端情况就是：尽管经济不景气，物价却持续上涨。

Because energy is such a crucial part of the economy, if prices stay high for a prolonged period, they will both raise the inflation rate and lower the rate of economic growth.

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