美国有线新闻 CNN 美国1月就业报告公布 新增就业30.4万失业率上升至4%

 

CARL AZUZ: Which of these U.S. government organizations is oldest? Office of Management and Budget, Bureau of Energy Resources, Bureau of Labor¹ Statistics, or Department of Commerce? Established in 1884, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the oldest organization on this list.

On the first Friday of every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a jobs report. It's seen as one measure of how the U.S. economy as a whole is doing. One thing the report looks at is how many new jobs were added or lost the month before. So in January, the U.S. economy grew by 304,000 jobs. That's considered to be a sign of strong jobs growth and it came at a time when some economists² predicted that only 170,000 would be added.

January was the 100th month in a row that jobs grew in America. Wages also went up last month, increasing by one-tenth of 1 percent. That's less than the three-tenths of a percent that was expected, but it's still a sign of continued wage growth over the past 12 months.

The Labor Department says the partial government shutdown that recently ended but was the longest ever in U.S. history did not have a noticeable impact on hiring and wages. But it did cause a slight increase in the unemployment rate — the percentage of the American workforce³ that doesn't have a job. In December that rate was 3.9 percent. In January it was 4 percent. Jobs, wages, and unemployment are three highlights of the report but there's a lot more to it than that.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。