匹茲堡金融服務(wù)集團(tuán)（PNC Financial Services Group）編制的圣誕物價(jià)指數(shù)顯示，購買“圣誕12日”中列出的所有商品和服務(wù)的花費(fèi)上漲幅度約為美國整體通脹率的一半。雖然要完全買完這首歌中所列的禮物也并不便宜——總花費(fèi)將超過3.9萬美元——但僅比2017年高出1.2%。到目前為止，2018年其他商品的價(jià)格平均上漲了2.5%左右。

PNC說，（禮物清單）通貨膨脹率較低的部分原因是由于金價(jià)暴跌，這使得在2018年購買5枚14克拉的金戒指比2017年便宜了75美元。這首歌中列出的許多種鳥的價(jià)格也一直停滯不前，但值得注意的是，生蛋的鵝的價(jià)格大幅上漲。

聯(lián)邦最低工資沒有變化意味著9名跳舞的女士將得到和2017年一樣的報(bào)酬。8名擠奶的女工的情況也是如此，不過PNC在分析中沒有將奶牛的成本考慮在內(nèi)，而且只有小部分美國人能夠比較容易獲得這些產(chǎn)品。然而，隨著勞動(dòng)力市場(chǎng)趨緊，那些可能對(duì)技能有要求的工作，如跳躍的男人、吹風(fēng)笛的風(fēng)笛手和打鼓的鼓手，薪資出現(xiàn)了上漲。

以下是歌曲中列出的12個(gè)項(xiàng)目，以及它們的最新成本和通脹率：

一只站在梨樹上的鷓鴣：220.13美元（+0.1%）

兩只斑鳩：375美元（0%）

三只法國母雞：181.50美元（0%）

四只鳴唱的鳥：599.96美元（0%）

五枚金戒指：750美元（-9.1%）

六只生蛋的鵝：390美元（+8.3%）

七只游水的天鵝：13,125美元（0%）

八名擠奶的女工：58美元（0%）

九名跳舞的女士：7,552.84美元（0%）

十名跳躍的男人：10,000美元（+3%）

十一名吹風(fēng)笛的風(fēng)笛手：2,804.40美元（+3.5%）

十二名打鼓的鼓手：3,038.10美元（+3.5%）（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：冉文忠

The cost of buying all goods and services in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has gone up by roughly half the pace of overall U.S. inflation, according to a Christmas price index compiled by PNC Financial Services Group. While replicating the song isn’t cheap — the total cost would be more than $39,000 — that’s only 1.2 percent higher than 2017. Price increases in the rest of the economy have averaged about 2.5 percent so far in 2018.

PNC says the lower inflation rate can be explained in part by plunging gold prices, which have made five 14-carat gold rings $75 dollars cheaper to buy in 2018 than 2017. The cost of many types of birds listed in the song have remained stagnant, with the notable exception of egg-laying geese, whose prices shot up.

A static federal minimum wage means nine ladies dancing will receive the same compensation as they did in 2017. The same goes for eight maids-a-milking, though PNC doesn’t factor the cost of dairy cows into its analysis, and only a tiny fraction of the U.S. population would have those readily available. The presumably more skill-based work of lords-a-leaping, pipers piping and drummers drumming is seeing a bump in pay, however, as the labor market tightens.

Here are the 12 items listed in the song, with their latest cost and inflation rate:

1 partridge in a pear tree: $220.13 (+0.1%)

2 turtle doves: $375 (0%)

3 French hens: $181.50 (0%)

4 calling birds: $599.96 (0%)

5 gold rings: $750 (-9.1%)

6 geese-a-laying: $390 (+8.3%)

7 swans-a-swimming: $13,125 (0%)

8 maids-a-milking: $58 (0%)

9 ladies dancing: 7,552.84 (0%)

10 lords-a-leaping: $10,000 (+3%)

11 pipers piping: $2,804.40 (+3.5%)

12 drummers drumming: $3,038.10 (+3.5%)