彭博大宗商品指數跌至1999年以來低點

Oil prices slid more than 2 per cent as asset classes fell across the board in the Asian morning, pushing a broad index of commodity prices to its lowest level this century and heightening global disinflationary fears.

亞洲早盤，各類資產價格全線下滑，石油價格下跌逾2%，導致一種衡量多種大宗商品價格的指數跌至本世紀最低點，加劇了全球對通脹減速的擔憂。

The Bloomberg Commodity Index, a 22 member gauge covering everything from egg futures to natural gas, fell 1.2 per cent to $86.79, its lowest since 1999. Even the price of gold was down 0.4 per cent, as investors sold quality assets to raise much-needed cash to meet margin calls.

彭博大宗商品指數(Bloomberg Commodity Index)下跌1.2%，至86.79美元，是1999年以來的最低點。該指數涵蓋從雞蛋期貨到天然氣在內的22種大宗商品。隨着投資者出售優質資產以籌措用來應對追加保證金通知的現金，就連金價也下跌了0.4%。

The commodities index is now down 40 per cent over three years, including a drop of nearly 17 per cent this year.

三年來，彭博大宗商品指數已跌去了40%，單是今年就跌去了近17%。

The price of West Texas Intermediate oil, the US benchmark, fell 2.5 per cent to below $39.50 a barrel — its lowest since February 2009. Brent crude, the international standard, retreated 2.1 per cent to $44.50 a barrel, a level last seen in March 2009.

美國基準的西德克薩斯中質油(WTI)的價格下跌了2.5%，跌至每桶39.5美元以下，是自2009年2月以來的最低價格。而國際基準布倫特(Brent)原油的價格下跌了2.1%，至每桶44.5美元，是自2009年3月以來的最低水平。

Cheaper oil is weighing heavily on equities too, causing a tumble in energy-related stocks from Japan to Australia, where stock indices are down 3.9 per cent and 3.3 per cent, respectively.

油價下滑對股市也造成了拖累，導致從日本到澳大利亞的能源股暴跌，這兩個國家的股指分別下跌了3.9%和3.3%。

Since oil prices began to collapse in mid-June 2013, WTI and Brent prices have fallen 63 per cent and 61.5 per cent, respectively, and the resultant disinflationary pressures are taking a toll across the globe.

自2013年6月中旬油價開始暴跌以來，西德克薩斯中質油和布倫特原油的價格已分別跌去了63%和61.5%，由此造成的通脹減速壓力正對全球產生不利影響。