这是2018年“圣诞12日”礼物的价格

匹兹堡金融服务集团（PNC Financial Services Group）编制的圣诞物价指数显示，购买“圣诞12日”中列出的所有商品和服务的花费上涨幅度约为美国整体通胀率的一半。虽然要完全买完这首歌中所列的礼物也并不便宜——总花费将超过3.9万美元——但仅比2017年高出1.2%。到目前为止，2018年其他商品的价格平均上涨了2.5%左右。

PNC说，（礼物清单）通货膨胀率较低的部分原因是由于金价暴跌，这使得在2018年购买5枚14克拉的金戒指比2017年便宜了75美元。这首歌中列出的许多种鸟的价格也一直停滞不前，但值得注意的是，生蛋的鹅的价格大幅上涨。

联邦最低工资没有变化意味着9名跳舞的女士将得到和2017年一样的报酬。8名挤奶的女工的情况也是如此，不过PNC在分析中没有将奶牛的成本考虑在内，而且只有小部分美国人能够比较容易获得这些产品。然而，随着劳动力市场趋紧，那些可能对技能有要求的工作，如跳跃的男人、吹风笛的风笛手和打鼓的鼓手，薪资出现了上涨。

以下是歌曲中列出的12个项目，以及它们的最新成本和通胀率：

一只站在梨树上的鹧鸪：220.13美元（+0.1%）

两只斑鸠：375美元（0%）

三只法国母鸡：181.50美元（0%）

四只鸣唱的鸟：599.96美元（0%）

五枚金戒指：750美元（-9.1%）

六只生蛋的鹅：390美元（+8.3%）

七只游水的天鹅：13,125美元（0%）

八名挤奶的女工：58美元（0%）

九名跳舞的女士：7,552.84美元（0%）

十名跳跃的男人：10,000美元（+3%）

十一名吹风笛的风笛手：2,804.40美元（+3.5%）

十二名打鼓的鼓手：3,038.10美元（+3.5%）（财富中文网）

译者：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%)