【on.cc東網專訊】 美國5月份非農業職位增長僅3.8萬，創近6年最少，增幅遠低於前一個月經向下修訂後的12.3萬，以及市場預期的16萬，但期內由於勞動人口減少，失業 率仍跌0.3個百分點至4.7%的2007年11月以來最低，低於預期的4.9%；同期平均時薪按月升0.2%，前一個月升幅則上調至0.4%。
finance.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S.
employers drastically slowed their hiring in May, adding just 38,000,
the fewest in more than 5 years and a sign of concern after the economy
barely grew in the first three months of the year.
At
the same time, the unemployment tumbled to 4.7 percent from 5 percent,
the Labor Department said Friday in its monthly unemployment report. The
rate, to its lowest point since November 2007, fell for a problematic
reason: Nearly a half-million jobless Americans stopped looking for work
and so were no longer officially counted as unemployed.
The much-weaker-than-expected
jobs report will raise doubts that the Federal Reserve will increase the
short-term interest rate it controls at its next meeting in mid-June or
perhaps even at its subsequent meeting in late July. Many analysts had
expected an increase by July.
The government has estimated that the economy grew at just a 0.8 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter.
Friday's
dismal jobs report was a surprise in part because most recent economic
reports have been encouraging: Consumer spending surged in April.
Americans ramped up purchases of autos and other big-ticket items, like
appliances.
Home sales and construction have also increased. Sales of new homes reached an eight-year high in April.
Even
manufacturing, which has suffered from weak growth overseas and a
strong dollar that has depressed exports, is showing signs of
stabilizing. Factory activity expanded in May for a third straight
month, according to a survey of purchasing managers.
In
December, after months of economic improvement, the Fed raised its
benchmark short-term rate after pegging it near zero for seven years. In
March, officials indicated that they expected just two additional
increases this year.
Chair
Janet Yellen has long made it clear that she studies a "dashboard" of
job market data to help assess the economy's health, rather than a
single number such as hiring or unemployment.
Fed
officials may not keep investors guessing for long: Yellen will speak
Monday in a closely watched address that may show how she has
interpreted Friday's report.
And
Lael Brainard, a Fed official who is a longtime skeptic of raising
rates, will speak later Friday. Any sign that Brainard is willing to
accept higher rates would likely be seen as evidence that Yellen — and
the Fed — may act soon.
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