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The U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, and the inflation problem is again in focus.

The U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, and the inflation problem is again in focus.

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September 5th, 2026

The U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, and the inflation problem is again in focus.

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The US labor market recovered in August, adding 162,000 jobs.

美國勞工市場在8月反彈新增16.2萬個工作

The market expected only 65,000.

市場原本預期只有6.5萬個

The unemployment rate stayed at 4.1%. That is a low level.

失業率保持在4.1%這是低水平

The job numbers for June and July were also raised. They added 55,000 more.

6月7月的工作數字向上調整多了5.5萬個

President Trump welcomed this report.

總統特朗普歡迎這份報告

He said these numbers broke all predictions.

這些數字打破了所有預測

But inflation is still a worry for companies and families.

不過通脹仍是公司家庭關心的問題

Oil prices keep making new highs because the US and Israel attacked Iran.

油價因為美國以色列攻擊伊朗不斷創新高

Voters are unhappy about the rising cost of living.

選民生活成本上升感到不滿

Last month, the average hourly pay went up 3.1% from a year earlier.

上個月平均時薪比一年前上升3.1%

This is the smallest increase since May 2021.

這是自2021年5月以來最小的升幅

This makes the price rises harder to bear.

價格上漲更難受

Restaurants and bars added 59,000 jobs last month.

餐廳和酒吧上月增加5.9萬個職位

Building companies added 22,000.

建築公司增加2.2萬個

Makers added 16,000.

製造商增加1.6萬個

The number of workers rose a lot by 683,000 last month.

勞動人數上月大增68.3萬人

Swonk, the top economist at KPMG, said this report is "hard to believe."

畢馬威首席經濟學家斯旺克這份報告令人難以置信」。

She also said a wider jobless rate fell to 7.7%. That is the lowest in over a year.

還說一個更廣的失業率數字降到7.7%這是超過一年來最低

This year, employers added over 80,000 jobs each month on average.

今年雇主平均每月增加超過8萬個職位

This is higher than last year's monthly average of 9,700.

高於去年的月均9,700個

But it is still much lower than the monthly average of 166,000 in 2023 and 2024.

遠低於2023年和2024年的月均16.6萬個

Some economists think that August's rebound only made up for earlier weakness.

有些經濟學家懷疑8月的反彈只是補回早前的弱勢

This report may raise the chance that the Fed will raise interest rates. This could happen at its September meeting.

這份報告可能增加美聯儲在9月會議加息的可能

Fed Chair Warsh said the inflation rate is 3.7%, still much higher than the 2% goal.

美聯儲主席沃什通脹率3.7%遠高於2%的目標

At the same time, artificial intelligence is replacing some jobs.

同時人工智能正在取代一些工作

The information industry lost 23,000 jobs last month.

資訊行業上月流失2.3萬個職位

September 5th, 2026

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