據美國?？怂股虡I頻道報道，上周美國勞動力市場首次申請失業救濟金人數為26萬人，達到去年11月以來的最高水平。這一數據近幾十年以來一直在低位運行，但隨著通脹壓力膨脹和公司開始削減招聘，自6月份以來開始攀升。

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits ticked higher last week, hitting the highest level in nine months.
上周，美國首次申請失業救濟的人數上升，達九個月來最高水平。

Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show that applications for the week ended Aug. 6 rose to 262,000 from the downwardly revised 248,000 recorded a week earlier. That is above the 2019 pre-pandemic average of 218,000 claims and marks the highest level since mid-November.
美國勞工部8月11日公布的數據顯示，截至8月6日的一周，首次申請失業救濟人數從前一周的24.8萬上升至26.2萬，高于疫情前21.8萬的平均水平，是自2021年11月中旬以來的最高水平。

Continuing claims, or the number of Americans who are consecutively receiving unemployment aid, rose slightly to 1.428 million for the week ended July 30, up by 8,000 from the previous week's revised level. One year ago, nearly 12.96 million Americans were receiving unemployment benefits.
在截至7月30日的一周內，持續申領失業救濟金的人數小幅上升至142.8萬，較此前一周增加了8000人。2021年，近1296萬美國人申領失業救濟金。

For months, the labor market has been one of the few bright spots in the economy, with the July jobs report showing that the unemployment rate fell to 3.5% – the lowest level since February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down a broad swath of the US economy.
幾個月來，勞動力市場一直是美國經濟為數不多的亮點之一，7月份就業報告顯示，失業率降至3.5%，這是自新冠疫情重創美國經濟以來的最低水平。

However, there are signs that the labor market is starting to weaken, with a plethora of companies, including Alphabet's Google, Walmart, Apple, Meta and Microsoft, announcing hiring freezes or layoffs in recent weeks.
然而，有跡象表明勞動力市場開始疲軟，包括谷歌母公司Alphabet、沃爾瑪、蘋果、Meta和微軟在內的眾多公司都在最近幾周宣布停止招聘或裁員。

"A rising risk to the market outlook is the upward trend in individuals claiming unemployment benefits," said Jeffrey Roach, chief economist for LPL Financial. "Initial claims and continuing claims have inched higher for the last four months and suggest that the labor market will likely slow further throughout the back half of this year."
LPL金融首席經濟學家杰弗里·羅奇表示：“市場前景面臨的一個風險是申請失業救濟的人數呈上升趨勢。過去四個月來，首次申請失業救濟金和持續申請失業救濟的人數都有所上升，這表明今年下半年勞動力市場可能會進一步放緩?！?/p>

There are growing fears that the US economy is on the cusp of – or already in – a recession as a result of the Federal Reserve's war on inflation. The central bank is raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades as it races to cool consumer prices, which climbed 8.5% in July – a big decline from June but still near a mutli-decades high.
人們越來越擔心，由于美聯儲對抗通脹的斗爭，美國經濟正處于或已經處于衰退的邊緣。美聯儲采取了幾十年最大幅度的加息動作，抑制物價飆升。7月份消費者價格指數上漲了8.5%，增速環比大幅下降，但仍逼近幾十年來的最高水平。

Policymakers approved another mega-sized, 75-basis point rate hike – triple the usual size – at their meeting in July and have since signaled they are "nowhere near" ending this tightening cycle, despite signs of a slowdown in the economy.
美聯儲7月批準了另一次75個基點的大規模加息，這是常規加息幅度的三倍，這表示盡管經濟有放緩跡象，但這輪緊縮周期“遠未”結束。

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