VOA标准英语2014--美国经济增加的就业少于预期,失业率下降到6.1%

 

US Economy Adds Fewer Jobs Than Expected, Unemployment Falls to 6.1 Percent 美国经济增加的就业少于预期,失业率下降到6.1%

WASHINGTON—

U.S. job growth slowed sharply last month with employers adding only 142,000 jobs in August. That’s well below analyst¹ expectations of more than 200,000 new hires.

But the disappointing job numbers had little impact on investors² as Wall Street largely ignored the monthly employment data.  Others saw it as just another blip on the long road to recovery.

For some job seekers, August was not a good month. Hiring fell to the slowest pace in eight months, and the previous estimate for June was revised lower by 28,000 jobs.

But if financial markets were worried, it didn’t show.

After the initial disappointment, stocks returned to positive territory. And despite fewer jobs in manufacturing and a decline in retail³ employment, many analysts⁴ are taking the long view.

“We’ve had a lot of other data points that have been pointing forward for the economy, and I think, once we get past this one month report, that we’ll see an economy that’s continuing to recover,” said Bankrate.com bureau chief Mark Hamrick, who believes the August job numbers are a seasonal⁵ blip.

"It reinforces the Fed's view they'll be cautious with respect to changing policy. They'll finish QE3 October/November, but they won't be all that anxious to be raising interest rates in the springtime as some people had expected," said . Wells Fargo chief economist⁶ John Silvia.

Raising interest rates too soon could slow the recovery just as business optimism is starting to grow.

A new study by the American Institute of Certified⁷ Public Accountants showed 20 percent of businesses surveyed expect to hire more staff.

“And so when the cost of capital goes up, that impacts people’s desire, their willingness to potentially invest, and they might be a little more cautious,” said AICPA Chair Valerie Rainey.

Seasonal aberration⁸ or not, U.S. unemployment fell 0.1 percent to 6.1 percent - likely because fewer people were looking for work.

1 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

4 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

5 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。

6 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

7 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

8 aberration   

n.离开正路，脱离常规，色差

参考例句：

• The removal of the chromatic aberration is then of primary importance.这时消除色差具有头等重要性。
• Owing to a strange mental aberration he forgot his own name.由于一种莫名的精神错乱，他把自己的名字忘了。