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Trump persists in heralding an economic boom, yet even robust employment figures prove a liability for him.

Trump persists in heralding an economic boom, yet even robust employment figures prove a liability for him.

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September 5th, 2026

Trump persists in heralding an economic boom, yet even robust employment figures prove a liability for him.

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For twenty months, President Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted that the United States stands on the precipice of economic prosperity.

ドナルド・トランプ大統領は20ヶ月にわたり米国が経済的繁栄の瀬戸際に立たされている繰り返し断言してきた。

Yet, ironically, the unexpectedly robust employment figures released on Friday have served only to exasperate Mr. Trump.

ところが金曜日に公表された予想を覆す好調な雇用統計は皮肉にもトランプ氏を苛立たせる結果をもたらしたのである。

The August employment figures, with the election looming less than two months away, might have afforded Trump and the Republicans a fleeting reprieve from the months of sluggish job growth and inflationary anxieties that had weighed heavily upon them.

8月の雇用統計は選挙まで2ヶ月を切る中でトランプ氏と共和党に重くのしかかっていた数ヶ月にわたる雇用の伸び悩みやインフレ懸念からの一時的な解放となるかもしれなかった

Yet, from the Oval Office, Trump vented his grievances over inflation and interest rates with unbridled acrimony.

だがトランプ氏はオーバルオフィスからインフレと金利についての不満をぶちまけた。

His ire was directed at the financial markets, the Federal Reserve Board, and America's trading partners alike.

彼の怒りは金融市場連邦準備制度理事会(FRB)そして米国の貿易相手国に向けられた。

He contested the widely accepted tenet of economic orthodoxy that the unexpected surge of 162,000 jobs in August could precipitate inflationary pressures.

彼は8月に16万2000人の雇用が予想外に増加したことがインフレ圧力につながる可能性があるという、経済学で一般的に受け入れられている考えに異議を唱えた

"Success does not foment inflation; it is folly that foments inflation," Trump declared, venting his unbridled ire in the Oval Office, and dismissed Friday's stock market decline, attributed to inflationary apprehensions, as "an act of sheer lunacy."

成功はインフレを惹起せぬ愚昧こそがインフレを惹起するのだ」とトランプ氏は大統領執務室にて激しい憤懣を露わにし株式市場が金曜日にインフレ懸念を理由に下落したことを「狂気の沙汰」と断じた

The compounded effect of sluggish employment growth and rising prices during his second term casts a pall over both Trump and his pledge, in which he averred that he would unleash growth of historic proportions forthwith.

2期目における雇用の伸び悩み物価上昇の複合的な作用は、トランプ氏と、同氏が即座に歴史的水準の成長を解き放つと断言した公約暗い影を投げかけている

"Should I prevail at the ballot box, I shall inaugurate a new Trump economic boom without delay," Trump declared at a rally convened in North Carolina in August 2024.

私が選挙に勝利すれば直ちに新たなトランプ経済ブームを開始する」とトランプ氏は2024年8月ノースカロライナ州で開催された集会において述べた。

Yet the economic growth rate to date has languished at approximately 2% annually, evincing a deceleration that falls short of the expansion witnessed under the Biden administration.

しかしながら現時点までの経済成長率年率約2%にとどまりバイデン政権下での成長率を下回る鈍化を示している

Trump has asserted that the failure to achieve more robust economic growth stems from the soaring interest rates on U.S. government debt, and has argued on social media that he could exact retaliatory measures by severing trade relations with foreign nations.

トランプ氏はより強固な経済成長を達成し得ないのは米国政府債務に係る金利の高騰に起因すると断じソーシャルメディア上で外国との通商を断絶することで報復措置を講じ得ると主張した

Interest rates have continued their upward trajectory as a response to persistent high inflation, which has been fanned by Trump's tariff policies and the oil supply constraints arising from the conflict with Iran.

金利はトランプ氏の関税政策とイラン紛争に伴う石油供給逼迫によって煽られた持続的な高インフレへの対応として上昇を続けてきた

The national debt has now breached the formidable threshold of $4 trillion, while the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries surged to 4.79% on Friday.

国家債務は今や4兆ドルという深刻な閾値を突破し、10年物米国債の利回りは金曜日に4.79%へと急伸した

With the promised growth yet to materialize, the president has partially eroded public confidence in his capacity to steward the world's largest economy.

約束された成長が未だに具現化を見ぬ中大統領は世界最大の経済を統率する能力に対する国民の信頼を部分的に毀損している。

It is his own policies that have, to no small degree, fomented the very inflation and elevated interest rates he seeks to ascribe to others.

彼自身の政策こそが彼が他者に帰責せんとするインフレと高金利を少なからず助長してきたのである。

"The administration's credibility regarding the trajectories of growth, inflation, interest rates, debt, and fiscal deficits has been undermined by overly optimistic projections that diverge from economic reality," observed Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at the consulting firm RSM US.

成長インフレ金利債務そして財政赤字の動向に関する政権の信頼性経済的現実と乖離した過大な見通しによって毀損されている」と、コンサルティング企業RSM USチーフエコノミストジョー・ブルスエラ氏は指摘した

Should the Federal Reserve, acquiescing to Mr. Trump's predilections, elect to reduce policy rates and thereby inject a more copious stream of liquidity into the American economy, the resultant potential influx of capital would serve merely to exacerbate inflationary pressures and compound his political and economic tribulations.

仮にFRBがトランプ氏の意向に沿って政策金利を引き下げより多額の流動性が米国経済へ注入されることになれば、その潜在的な資本流入はインフレ圧力を一層増幅させ彼の政治的・経済的難題を累積させるに過ぎないであろう。

However, the President challenged this fundamental tenet underpinning monetary policy.

しかし大統領は金融政策の根幹を成すこの基本概念に異議を唱えた

On Friday, he asserted that if interest rates were kept at low levels, the gross domestic product (GDP) would grow by "12, 13, 14, 15 percent," thereby conveying an impression of dismissing the risks attendant upon inflation.

彼は金曜日金利が低水準に保たれれば国内総生産(GDP)は「12、13、14、15%」成長するだろうと述べインフレーションに伴うリスクを軽視しているかのような印象を与えた

"We can achieve a GDP that surpasses all records," Trump asserted unequivocally.

我々はあらゆる記録を凌駕するGDPを達成し得る」とトランプ氏は断言した

The president's approval rating for his economic stewardship had plummeted to a mere 32% by the height of summer, according to a poll conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

大統領の経済運営に対する支持率は盛夏の時期には僅か32%にまで凋落していた(AP-NORC公共問題研究センターの世論調査による)。

When the Republican Party last contested the midterm elections under Trump's leadership in 2018, his economic approval rating had reached 50%.

共和党が前回2018年にトランプ氏の指導下で中間選挙に臨んだ際には彼の経済支持率は50%に達していたのである。

President Trump's insinuation that he might sever foreign trade could plunge economic growth into a precarious state and further erode his approval ratings.

トランプ氏が外国貿易を遮断するとの仄めかしは、経済成長を危機的状況に追い込み、彼の支持率をさらに毀損しかねない

The recent imposition of tariffs on Canada has emerged as a formidable political impediment for the Republican Party in the Senate races in Maine and Michigan.

最近のカナダに対する関税賦課はメイン州とミシガン州の上院選挙において共和党にとって重大な政治的障害となっている

Senior officials within the Trump administration assert unequivocally that their policies are functioning precisely as intended.

トランプ政権の高官らは自らの政策が意図した通りに機能していると断言している

They proclaim with conviction that advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) will catalyze productivity gains and propel economic expansion.

人工知能(AI)の発展が生産性の向上を促進し経済成長を押し上げるであろうと彼らは明言する

With unwavering confidence, they contend that the tariff measures introduced last year will ultimately augment domestic factory employment, that Mr. Trump's tax reduction policies will stimulate a surge in corporate investment, and that the administration's endeavors to identify malfeasance will culminate in the conservation of taxpayer funds.

昨年導入された関税措置は最終的に米国内の工場雇用を増加させトランプ氏による減税政策は企業投資の拡大を誘発しさらに政権による不正特定への取り組みは納税者資金の節減に帰結するだろうと彼らは確信を持って述べている

"I anticipate even more robust growth," remarked Christopher Farlan, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

"私はより一層の成長を期待しております"と、ホワイトハウス経済諮問委員会委員長クリストファー・フェラン氏述べた

"We are diligently striving to deliver favorable outcomes."

"良好な成果を齎すべく我々は尽力しております。"

Mr. Phelan pointed out that the recent rate of employment growth has reached approximately twice the level required to sustain population growth.

フェラン氏は直近の雇用増加率が人口増加を持続させるために必要な水準のおよそ倍に達している指摘した

While expressing the view that productivity gains hold ample potential to drive overall economic growth over the coming years, he candidly acknowledged that growth alone may prove insufficient to comprehensively resolve the nation's fiscal challenges.

同氏は生産性の向上が今後数年にわたって経済全体の成長を牽引する潜在性を十分に有しているとの見解を示す一方成長のみでは国家の財政的課題を全面的に解決するには不十分であり得ることを率直に認めた

Expenditure on social security and Medicare has been on an inexorable upward trajectory, outpacing the growth of tax revenues, and it must therefore be conceded that any strategy predicated solely on economic expansion holds but a slender prospect of effecting a substantial contraction of the fiscal deficit.

社会保障とメディケアへの支出税収を上回る速度で増加の一途を辿っておりそれゆえ経済成長のみに依存する施策では財政赤字を大幅に圧縮する見込みは極めて乏しいと言わざるを得ない。

Even were the United States to sustain an annual growth rate exceeding three percent over the ensuing decade, such an expansion would, at best, merely suffice to stabilize the government's already formidable debt burden, as evinced by the analytical findings of Ernie Tedeschi, Director of Economic Insights Research at the fintech enterprise Stripe.

Even were the United States to sustain an annual growth rate exceeding three percent over the ensuing decade, such an expansion would, at best, merely suffice to stabilize the government's already formidable debt burden, as evinced by the analytical findings of Ernie Tedeschi, Director of Economic Insights Research at the fintech enterprise Stripe.

Mr. Tedeschi averred that were AI to prove instrumental in sustaining such growth consecutively over a decade, he would be "beside himself with jubilation," yet he contended that, viewed through the lens of historical precedent, growth of this magnitude attributable to advances in computing is highly likely to constitute a "profoundly sanguine" projection.

テデスキ氏はAIが十年にわたり連続して斯様な成長もたらす一助となるのであれば「狂喜乱舞」するであろうと述べつつも歴史的観点から鑑みるに、コンピューターの進歩に起因する如斯の大幅な成長は「極めて楽観的」な見通しである蓋然性が高いと論じた

"We must under no circumstances incorporate optimistic scenarios into the planning process," asserted Tedeschi unequivocally.

我々は断じて楽観的なシナリオを策定工程に組み込むべきではない」とテデスキ氏は明言した。

Throughout the preceding week, the Trump administration had labored assiduously to instill in the electorate a more robust conviction regarding the economic climate, in anticipation of the president's pronouncements on interest rates slated for Friday.

先週トランプ政権は金曜日に大統領が金利に関して表明する所見に先立ち、有権者に対し経済情勢に対するより強い確信を抱かせようと腐心してきた

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, particularly at the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors held in North Carolina, actively championed the benefits of more robust economic growth.

財務長官スコット・ベセントは、特にノースカロライナ州で開催されたG20財務相・中央銀行総裁会議においてより力強い経済成長の恩恵積極的に喧伝した

Furthermore, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, as part of the G20's innovation sessions, advanced a comparable line of argument.

また商務長官ハワード・ラトニックも、G20のイノベーション会合の一環として同様の主張展開した

Nevertheless, in an interview with the Associated Press, Bessent unequivocally affirmed his intention to unveil a plan, devised in close collaboration with White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, aimed at curtailing levels of debt and deficit.

それでもなおベセント氏はAP通信のインタビューにおいてホワイトハウス予算管理局長ラス・ヴォートと緊密に連携しつつ「債務及び赤字の水準を引き下げる」ことを企図した計画を公表する所存であると明言した

Any endeavor to effectuate a substantive reduction in the annual fiscal deficitcurrently approximating two trillion dollars and projected to surpass three trillion within the ensuing decadeis fraught with incalculable political peril.

現在約2兆ドルに達し今後10年間で3兆ドルを超えると見込まれる年間財政赤字実質的に削減しようとする試みには計り知れない政治的リスクが内在する。

While attenuating the deficit trajectory is highly likely to conduce to a more favorable interest-rate milieu, the prospect of incurring political costs in the guise of expenditure retrenchment and fiscal augmentation cannot be gainsaid.

赤字の軌道を引き下げることは金利環境の改善に寄与する蓋然性が高いものの歳出削減と増税という形での政治的代償を伴う可能性が否定できない

Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM US, emphatically contended that for Trump to address the debt issue with genuine earnestness and secure the confidence of financial markets, a readiness to incur what will likely be a painful toll would be nothing short of indispensable.

RSM USの首席経済官であるブルスエラス氏はトランプ氏が債務問題に真摯に取り組み金融市場の信認を確保するためにはおそらく痛みを伴う代償を払う覚悟が不可避であろうと力説した

"A period of decelerating the growth rate of government expenditure is indispensable, and to that end, it is imperative not only to implement tax measures that alleviate the fiscal deficit and interest burden but also to execute sweeping reductions across the entire spectrum of outlays," he articulated his views.

政府支出の増加率を減速せしめる期間不可欠でありそのためには財政赤字と金利負担を軽減する増税措置のみならず歳出全般にわたる抜本的な削減をも断行する必要がある」と彼は所見を述べた

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