A good globalindicator of inflationary expectations is the price of gold, which has just reached a 27-year high and where market sentiment remains bullish.
衡量通胀预期的一个很好的全球性指标就是黄金价格：金价刚刚达到27年来的高点，而且市场仍看涨。
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Thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic, some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and environmental terms and show a relationship between the two.
For one, gasoline prices on the East Coast and even in the Gulf Coast track the price of Brent crude, which analysts view as a better indicator of global prices than Nymex.