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The Labor1 Department's monthly employment report released Friday shows the U.S. economy shed more jobs than it created last month - a net loss of 125,000 jobs - the first monthly job loss of the year. Despite the net decline, the nation's unemployment rate inched lower in June, falling 0.2 point to 9.5 percent.
The private sector2 added more than 80,000 workers to their payrolls4 last month, better than the previous month, but not enough to offset5 the loss of more than 200,000 temporary census6 jobs.
At a joint7 economic hearing Friday, Commissioner8 Keith Hall with the Bureau of Labor Statistics tried to put the numbers into perspective.
"Although the private sector job growth was not strong, it was job growth, and it has been growing now for six straight months," said Keith Hall. "So I think in context, that's a positive sign."
Still, the net loss of 125,000 jobs shows the uneven9 nature of the U.S. recovery.
John Silvia is the senior economist10 at Wells Fargo Bank:
"Private payroll3 gains continue to be modest and I would say it does raise flags for those super optimists11 who were looking for a V-shaped recovery and thinking that we are going to go back to normal very quickly in the US. economy," said John Silvia.
The slow pace of recovery is bad news for more than a million Americans who will stop receiving unemployment benefits after Congress adjourned12 for the holiday weekend without extending federal aid.
Only two Republicans Senators sided with Democrats14 to extend the benefits but Texas Republican Kevin Brady blamed Democrats for the lapse15.
"They hold a supermajority in the House, the Senate, and they hold the White House. And I guess other than blaming George Bush," said Kevin Brady. "I think they have to look in the mirror for those who will not be getting help this month."
Democrats will try to pass the measure again after a replacement16 is named for West Virginia Democrat13 Senator Robert Byrd, who passed away June 28 after serving more than 50 years in the Senate.
Before leaving to attend the late Senator's funeral, President Barack Obama announced new stimulus17 projects to bring broadband Internet access to rural communities.
"In the short term, we expect these projects to create about 5,000 construction and installation jobs around the country," said President Obama. "And once we emerge from the immediate18 crisis, the long-term economic gains to communities that have been left behind in the digital age will be immeasurable."
Despite the weak report, the nation's unemployment rate fell 0.2 a point to 9.5 percent as thousands of Americans gave up looking for work.
For all nearly 15 million Americans are now unemployed19. Counting those who have stopped looking for work and part timers who prefer full time hours, the nation's under-employment rate now estimates at 16.5 percent.
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labor
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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 | |
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n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形 | |
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payroll
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n.工资表,在职人员名单,工薪总额 | |
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n.(公司员工的)工资名单( payroll的名词复数 );(公司的)工资总支出,工薪总额 | |
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n.分支,补偿;v.抵消,补偿 | |
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economist
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optimists
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democrat
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democrats
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n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效 | |
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stimulus
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immediate
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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unemployed
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adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的 | |
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