美国失业率下降

 　　美国失业率下降

        The U.S. says its labor¹ market advanced again in August, with its unemployment rate hitting the lowest point since late 2008 and employers adding another 169,000 jobs.

　　The government said Friday that the jobless rate last month edged down to 7.3 percent.

　　The number of new jobs in August showed the U.S. economy, the world's largest, is advancing, but only modestly and not as fast as in early 2013.

　　In its newest report, the government also revised its job count for June and July downward, saying that a combined 74,000 fewer jobs were added in the two months than first estimated.

　　The relatively² weak job growth could complicate³ economic decisions for the country's central bank, the Federal Reserve.

　　Policy makers⁴ at the Fed have been weighing whether to cut the $85-billion-a-month purchase of securities they have been making to pump more money into the U.S. economy to boost its recovery.

　　The central bank has said that it might begin to pare back the purchases this year and end them by mid-2014. The policy makers are set to meet in two weeks and could order a cutback then, or wait and consider more economic reports before acting⁵.

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　　美国劳工部说，美国就业市场8月份继续扩张，失业率降至2008年末以来的最低点，雇主又增加16万9000就业岗位。

　　政府星期五说，上个月的失业率微幅降至7.3%.

　　8月份新的就业数据显示，世界最大的经济体美国的经济正在扩张，但仅是适度扩张，速度不及2013年年初。

　　美国政府在最新的报告中还下修了6月和7月的就业数据，跟第一次预估数字相比，两个月共减少了7万4千个就业人数，相对疲弱的就业增长可能会让美联储的经济决策变得复杂化。

　　美联储的决策者们一直在考虑是否减少每个月850亿美元购入债券的数量。美国央行通过购买债券向美国经济注入资金，推动复苏。

　　美联储表示，央行可能今年减少购入债券，并且在2014年中期之前结束购买。决策者们准备两个星期之后开会，会后可能下令减少购买，或者等待，在采取行动之前考虑更多的经济报告。

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 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

3 complicate   

vt.使复杂化，使混乱，使难懂

参考例句：

• There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
• These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。

4 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。