美国失业补助申领人数小幅增长
两周前，美国申请失业补助的人数从新冠疫情期间的低点增加到33.2万人，这显示出德尔塔变种病毒可能导致裁员人数小幅增加。
美国劳工部（Labor Department）在9月16日表示，失业补助申领人数比一周前的31.2万有所增加。31.2万是自2020年3月以来的最低水平。失业补助申领人数通常与裁员速度密切相关。过去两个月，许多雇主面临人手不足的困扰，一直在努力留住员工，因此失业补助申领人数逐步减少。
两周前增加的人数较少，并且可能只是临时性增加。四周平均失业补助申领人数可以消除每周数据的波动。该数字已经连续第五周减少到33.6万以下。这同样是新冠疫情爆发以来的最低水平。
另外，据美国商务部（Commerce Department）公布，尽管新冠肺炎确诊病例持续增加，但美国人仍然在继续消费，使零售销售额上个月出人意料的增长了0.7%。但他们的消费方式依旧受到新冠疫情的影响。8月，在线购物大幅增长，但餐厅、酒吧等依赖大量人群的商户，消费却没有变化。
路易斯安那州失业补助申领人数增加4,000人，这表明飓风“艾达”（Hurricane Ida）导致当地人普遍失业。飓风“艾达”可能让7月至9月整个季度的经济增长戛然而止，尽管未来几个月的维修和灾后重建工作预计能够弥补一定的经济损失。
三周前，飓风“艾达”导致路易斯安那州和密西西比州的炼油厂关闭，使100多万个家庭和商户停电。但飓风的影响有限：密西西比州的失业补助申请人数有小幅下降。
最近几周，受到德尔塔变种病毒的影响，美国的就业市场和整体经济的增长速度放缓，许多美国人因为德尔塔变种病毒而放弃了旅游、住酒店和外出用餐。9月初，美国政府报告称，在6月和7月新增就业近百万之后，8月，雇主新增就业岗位只有23.5万个。
8月，需要与公众面对面接触的行业招聘人数大幅减少，尤其是餐厅、酒店和零售企业。但某些领域的就业岗位依旧有所增加，失业率实际从5.4%下降到5.2%。
在每周失业补助申领人数逐步下降的同时，美国失业者可以申领的补助金额也在不断缩水。两周前，涉及零工人员和六个月以上失业者的两个联邦计划到期，导致超过800万人失去了失业补助。这些应急计划开始于2020年3月，当时新冠疫情刚刚开始破坏美国经济。
两周前，又有领取常规州失业补助的270万人也失去了每周300美元的联邦失业补助。（财富中文网）
译者：刘进龙
审校：汪皓
两周前，美国申请失业补助的人数从新冠疫情期间的低点增加到33.2万人，这显示出德尔塔变种病毒可能导致裁员人数小幅增加。
美国劳工部（Labor Department）在9月16日表示，失业补助申领人数比一周前的31.2万有所增加。31.2万是自2020年3月以来的最低水平。失业补助申领人数通常与裁员速度密切相关。过去两个月，许多雇主面临人手不足的困扰，一直在努力留住员工，因此失业补助申领人数逐步减少。
两周前增加的人数较少，并且可能只是临时性增加。四周平均失业补助申领人数可以消除每周数据的波动。该数字已经连续第五周减少到33.6万以下。这同样是新冠疫情爆发以来的最低水平。
另外，据美国商务部（Commerce Department）公布，尽管新冠肺炎确诊病例持续增加，但美国人仍然在继续消费，使零售销售额上个月出人意料的增长了0.7%。但他们的消费方式依旧受到新冠疫情的影响。8月，在线购物大幅增长，但餐厅、酒吧等依赖大量人群的商户，消费却没有变化。
路易斯安那州失业补助申领人数增加4,000人，这表明飓风“艾达”（Hurricane Ida）导致当地人普遍失业。飓风“艾达”可能让7月至9月整个季度的经济增长戛然而止，尽管未来几个月的维修和灾后重建工作预计能够弥补一定的经济损失。
三周前，飓风“艾达”导致路易斯安那州和密西西比州的炼油厂关闭，使100多万个家庭和商户停电。但飓风的影响有限：密西西比州的失业补助申请人数有小幅下降。
最近几周，受到德尔塔变种病毒的影响，美国的就业市场和整体经济的增长速度放缓，许多美国人因为德尔塔变种病毒而放弃了旅游、住酒店和外出用餐。9月初，美国政府报告称，在6月和7月新增就业近百万之后，8月，雇主新增就业岗位只有23.5万个。
8月，需要与公众面对面接触的行业招聘人数大幅减少，尤其是餐厅、酒店和零售企业。但某些领域的就业岗位依旧有所增加，失业率实际从5.4%下降到5.2%。
在每周失业补助申领人数逐步下降的同时，美国失业者可以申领的补助金额也在不断缩水。两周前，涉及零工人员和六个月以上失业者的两个联邦计划到期，导致超过800万人失去了失业补助。这些应急计划开始于2020年3月，当时新冠疫情刚刚开始破坏美国经济。
两周前，又有领取常规州失业补助的270万人也失去了每周300美元的联邦失业补助。（财富中文网）
译者：刘进龙
审校：汪皓
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up two weeks ago to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that the spread of the Delta variant may have slightly increased layoffs.
Applications for jobless aid rose from 312,000 the week before, the Labor Department said on September 16. That was the lowest level since March 2020. Jobless claims, which generally track the pace of layoffs, have fallen steadily for two months as many employers, struggling to fill jobs, have held onto their workers.
Two weeks ago, increase was small and may be temporary. The four-week average of jobless claims, which smooths out fluctuations in the weekly data, dropped for the fifth straight week to just below 336,000. That figure is also the lowest since the pandemic began.
Separately, the Commerce Department reported that retail sales unexpectedly rose 0.7% last month, as Americans kept spending despite the rise in coronavirus cases. But how they spent continues to be skewed by the pandemic. Online shopping jumped in August but spending at restaurants, bars and other businesses that rely on crowds, appears to have gone into a holding pattern.
Unemployment aid applications jumped 4,000 in Louisiana, evidence that Hurricane Ida led to widespread job losses in that state. Ida will likely nick the economy's growth in the current July-September quarter, though repairs and rebuilding efforts are expected to make up for some of that in the coming months.
Still, Ida shut down oil refineries in Louisiana and Mississippi about three weeks ago and left more than 1 million homes and businesses without electricity. But Ida's impact was limited: Applications for jobless aid fell slightly in Mississippi.
The job market and the broader economy have been slowed in recent weeks by the Delta variant, which has discouraged many Americans from traveling, staying in hotels and eating out. Earlier September, the government reported that employers added just 235,000 jobs in August after having added roughly a million people in both June and July.
Hiring in August plummeted in industries that require face-to-face contact with the public, notably restaurants, hotels and retailers. Still, some jobs were added in other areas, and the unemployment rate actually dropped to 5.2% from 5.4%.
The steady fall in weekly applications for unemployment benefits coincides with a scaling-back of aid for jobless Americans. Two weeks ago, more than 8 million people lost all their unemployment benefits with the expiration of two federal programs that covered gig workers and people who have been jobless for more than six months. Those emergency programs were created in March 2020, when the pandemic first tore through the economy.
An additional 2.7 million people who are receiving regular state unemployment aid lost a $300-a-week federal unemployment supplement two weeks ago.
