Instructions: In this task, given a sentence in the Chinese language, your task is to convert it into the English language.
Input: 通货膨胀率上升的原因包括油价上涨百分之70，以及最近增值税增加至百分之17.5。
Output:
The causes of this inflation rise include a 70% rise in oil prices, and value added tax recently being increased to 17.5%.