The US economy was supposed to be in bloom by late spring, but it is hardly growing at all. Expectations for second-quarter growth are not much better than the measly 1.8 per cent annualised rate of the first quarter. That is not nearly fast enough to reduce America’s ferociously high level of unemployment. The labour department will tell us on Friday whether the jobs situation improved in May, but there has been no sign of a surge in hiring.
按照預測，美國經濟理應在晚春時分開始強勁成長，但現在經濟幾乎沒有成長。第二季度預期將實現的經濟成長，不會比第一季度區區1.8%的年化成長率好多少。這樣的速度遠不足以降低美國嚴峻的高失業水準。美國勞工部將於週五公佈數據，告訴我們5月份就業情況是否出現改善，不過企業用工並沒有出現急劇成長的跡象。
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