Bargains are everywhere in America these days. Men's shirts and sweaters were 3.4 percent cheaper this April than a year earlier. Prices also fell for eggs, peanut butter, bananas, potatoes, hotel and motel rooms, cosmetics, curtains, rugs, tools, and lawn care. Excluding gasoline and other energy items, the consumer price index rose just 0.9 percent for the year. That's the smallest increase since January 1962, when John F. Kennedy was President.rnEverybody likes to save money, but flat to falling prices are not entirely good. They're a symptom of continuedrnweakness nearly a year after the U.S. economy supposedly hit bottom. The same softness of demand that keeps goods cheap is pressuring workers. Annual growth of average hourly earnings fell from 3.5 percent in April 2007 to 1.6 percent this April.
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机译：这些天在美国到处都有便宜货。今年四月，男士衬衫的价格比去年同期便宜了3.4％。鸡蛋，花生酱，香蕉，土豆，旅馆和汽车旅馆的房间，化妆品，窗帘，地毯，工具和草坪护理的价格也下跌。除去汽油和其他能源项目，全年居民消费价格指数仅上涨0.9％。这是自1962年1月约翰·肯尼迪（John F. Kennedy）担任总统以来的最小涨幅。每个人都喜欢存钱，但物价下跌并不完全是一件好事。据推测，这是美国经济触底以来近一年持续疲软的症状。使商品保持便宜的需求疲软也给工人施加了压力。平均每小时收入的年增长率从2007年4月的3.5％降至今年4月的1.6％。
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