It was caused by well partly by an oil price spike caused by the Saddam the war against Saddam Hussein.

它是由于，或者说部分由于,萨达姆导致的石油价格冲击引发的,那场对萨达姆。侯赛因的战争。

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Now, what happened was the U.S. Government-- or the Massachusetts Government--had created high inflation during the war and nobody wanted to lend money to it so they create here a price index.

当时的美国政府,或者说麻省州政府在战争期间引发了高通胀,以至于没人愿意借钱给他们,于是他们制定了一个价格指数

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