根据美国劳工统计局周五发布的最新数据，9月份美国劳动力市场出现放缓迹象。当月新增就业岗位仅29,000个，低于经济学家的预期。失业率则升至4.2%。工人的平均时薪环比仅增长0.1%，同比增长幅度为3%。
The U.S. labor market slowed during the month of September, according to new data Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The economy added only 29,000 jobs, fewer than expected by economists. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2%. Average hourly earnings for workers rose only 0.1% from the prior month and 3% from a year ago.
此外，此前几个月的新增就业数据也遭到下调，合计减少了60,000个岗位。
Additionally, 60,000 jobs were revised out of previous months.
劳工统计局在声明中指出：“7月份的非农就业人数变动数据从原先的增加21,000人被下调至减少10,000人，8月份的数据则从增加162,000人下调至增加133,000人。”
“The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for July was revised down by 31,000, from +21,000 to -10,000, and the change for August was revised down by 29,000, from +162,000 to +133,000,” the BLS said in a statement.
据道琼斯调查，经济学家原本预期9月份新增就业岗位可达84,000个，失业率将维持在4.1%不变，平均时薪增幅也应为3.1%。此次发布的就业数据也是中期选举前的最后一份相关报告。
Overall, economists expected an addition of 84,000 jobs, an unchanged employment rate at 4.1% and earnings that increased by 3.1% from a year ago, according to a Dow Jones survey. Friday’s data marks the last employment report before the midterm elections.
近段时间以来，由于与加拿大等盟友间的贸易摩擦持续、伊朗与乌克兰冲突久拖不决，加之关税政策对全球经济造成冲击，共和党及唐纳德·特朗普总统在民众中的支持率持续走低。与此同时，全球债券收益率也攀升至数十年来的高位。
For months, the Republican party and President Donald Trump have faced sagging poll numbers on the economy as trade wars rage on with close allies like Canada, the wars in Iran and Ukraine drag on and tariffs continue to roil the global economy. On top of those issues, global bond yields have surged to levels not seen in decades.
本周，美国10年期及30年期国债收益率均创下2002年以来的新高，受此影响，30年期固定抵押贷款利率一度升至7.6%。
This week, the U.S. Treasury 10- and 30-year bond yields soared to their highest levels since 2002 and as a result the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate jumped as high as 7.6%.
此外，自美以两国对伊朗发动军事行动以来，汽油价格较2月底上涨了近50%，商业用柴油价格也比年初高出70%。
That came alongside gas prices that remain almost 50% higher than late February, when the U.S. and Israel began the war against Iran, and as commercial diesel fuel prices sit 70% higher than earlier this year.
尽管面临诸多不利因素，整体就业形势仍保持相对稳定，不过9月份的新增就业人数较8月份创纪录的162,000人仍有所减少。
Still, hiring appears to have continued at a steady clip, although September’s overall hiring figure was lower than a surprisingly strong 162,000 additions in August.