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Jobless claims fall to 196,000, the lowest since mid-July, as layoffs remain subdued

Jobless claims fall to 196,000, the lowest since mid-July, as layoffs remain subdued

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September 17th, 2026

Jobless claims fall to 196,000, the lowest since mid-July, as layoffs remain subdued

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The number of people filing for unemployment benefits plummeted last week, once again signalling that layoffs remain limited in scale and that the overwhelming majority of Americans still enjoy job security.

上周申请失业救济的人数骤减,这再度昭示裁员规模依旧有限、绝大多数美国人仍享有就业保障。

The Labor Department reported on Thursday that unemployment claims fell to 196,000, the lowest level since mid-July, down from 206,000 the previous week.

劳工部周四报告称失业救济申请降至19.6万7月中旬以来新低,前一周20.6万有所回落。

The four-week moving average, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, dropped to 203,250.

消除周间波动四周移动平均值降至20.325万

According to a survey conducted by the data firm FactSet, economists had previously estimated the number of claims at 207,500.

根据数据公司FactSet所开展的调查,经济学家此前对申请人数作出的预估为20.75万。

Jobless claims, serving as a proxy for layoffs, command considerable attention from economists, as they may signal the trajectory of the labor market.

失业救济申请作为裁员的替代性指标备受经济学家瞩目因其或可昭示就业市场的走向

Over the past year, the number of claims has largely remained within a historically low weekly range of 200,000 to 230,000.

纵观过去一年申请人数大体维持在20万至23万周度历史低位区间。

Although the surge in gasoline prices since the outbreak of war with Iran on February 28 has placed an onerous burden on businesses and consumers alike, the American job market has remained as resilient as ever.

尽管自2月28日与伊朗开战以来,汽油价格的飙升令企业与消费者不堪重负,美国就业市场却依然坚挺如初。

The scale of layoffs has remained persistently low.

裁员规模持续处于低位

Firms still vividly recall the labour shortages they encountered once pandemic lockdowns were lifted, and are therefore wary of shedding staff.

企业仍铭记疫情封锁解除后所遭遇的劳动力短缺因而对裁减员工心存顾虑

They are indeed hiringyet by the standards of recent years, the pace is decidedly modest.

它们确实在招聘——然而以近年来的标准衡量其力度颇为温和

So far this year, employersspanning businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizationshave added an average of 80,000 jobs a month, with an unexpected 162,000 recorded in August alone.

本年度迄今雇主——涵盖企业政府机构非营利组织——月均新增就业岗位达8万个其中8月意外录得16.2万个

This marks a modest recovery from the dismal picture in 2025, when persistently high interest rates and President Donald Trump's erratic trade policies combined to stifle hiring, yielding an average of just 9,700 new jobs a month.

这一表现较2025年的惨淡局面有所回暖彼时高企的利率总统唐纳德·特朗普反复无常的贸易政策双双抑制了招聘活动,月均新增就业仅为9,700个

Yet even this figure falls far short of the average of 166,000 jobs added per month in 2023 and 2024, and is a world away from the 491,000 recorded monthly during the hiring boom of 20212022 that followed the lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns.

然而,这一数字仍远逊于2023年与2024年平均每月新增16.6万个就业岗位的水平,亦与2021至2022年新冠疫情封锁结束后招聘热潮期间所录得的每月49.1万个相去甚远。

September 17th, 2026

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