商业报道:劳工就业最新前景

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Records have been mentioning as today's June jobs report coming out slightly better than expected. While both April and May got a big revision higher. Joining us first on CNBC to give us the administrations, take on this morning’s employment report, Labor¹ Secretary, Elaine Chao. Good morning, Ms. Chao.(Good morning.)

Walt Street here is a little bit divided on what the Fed’s next move will be and of course, that all relates to outlook on the economy, what does today’s report tell us about the economy?

Well, I think today's jobs report is quite solid, basically, unemployment rate is 4.5 percent. And it has held steady there for three months; we've had over half a million net new jobs created just in the last quarter. In fact, our economy has produced well over 8.2 million net new jobs since August of 2003. The initial claims file has been about 318,000 which again is below 330, which is a very comfortable number.So going forward, I think the labor market is quite firm and it's one of the strong spots in our economy. There are several other indicators², also leading indicators, which bode³ very well for expansion of the mark of the economy as we go forward in next quarter. And obviously, we continue to see, the two ISM surveys for both manufacturing and services, and that continues to increase. We see also nonresidential construction, which has increased, er ,15 percent, leading to tremendous pressures on overall rental⁴ rates. And then also...

Secretary, Let me interrupt this, we, you have limited time. The skepticism I see most often and hear from people is, oh yeah, we are creating jobs, but there, you know, it’s the burger flipper⁵ argument.

No, that’s absolutely not true. You know, of the 8.2 million net new jobs created since August of 2003, the majority of those jobs are being created required higher skills, more education. So by definition, that means that they are higher-paid jobs. In fact that, our economy is suffering a skills gap at this point. We have employers looking for skilled workers, and we have workers looking for jobs but lacking the requisite⁶ skills. So our greatest challenge for our information-based, knowledge-based economy is to find enough skilled workers. And that’s what we’re so devoted⁷ to addressing in the, at the Labor Department, is to close the skills gap by increasing our emphasis on job training. That’s very important.

Sure, of course. Madam Secretary, I have to ask you, looking to the numbers or looking at temporary help, that fell for a fifth 3 months and that's often viewed as a precursor⁸ of the future job growth , and what point dose this become a concern for you?

I don’t think that’s uh, of concern at all right now, I mean, if you look at the wage growth, the wage growth has been increasing at a moderate pace, enough so that it increases obviously returns to workers and we pay them more, but not so much that it stokes the inflation fears. So I think all the leading economic indicators this morning um, bode quite well for a continuous expansion of economy in the next quarter.

OK, Madam Secretary, thank you very much for your time. (Thank you) Elaine Chao, Labor Secretary, joining us here.

Notes:

Elaine Chao: currently serves as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of President of the United States George W. Bush. She is the first Asian American woman and first Chinese American to be appointed to a President's Cabinet in American history.

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 indicators   

（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号

参考例句：

• The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
• It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。

3 bode   

v.预示

参考例句：

• These figures do not bode well for the company's future.这些数字显示出公司的前景不妙。
• His careful habits bode well for his future.他那认真的习惯预示著他会有好的前途。

4 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

5 flipper   

n. 鳍状肢，潜水用橡皮制鳍状肢

参考例句：

• The seal's flipper is homologous with the human arm. 海豹的鳍肢与人类的手臂同源。
• It's almost like a flipper action as she kicks down. 她向下踢腿时有鱼鳍的效果。

6 requisite   

adj.需要的，必不可少的；n.必需品

参考例句：

• He hasn't got the requisite qualifications for the job.他不具备这工作所需的资格。
• Food and air are requisite for life.食物和空气是生命的必需品。

7 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

8 precursor   

n.先驱者；前辈；前任；预兆；先兆

参考例句：

• Error is often the precursor of what is correct.错误常常是正确的先导。
• He said that the deal should not be seen as a precursor to a merger.他说该笔交易不应该被看作是合并的前兆。