美国就业市场在9月份出现了显著放缓：在中期选举前的最后一次就业数据更新中，雇主仅新增了2.9万个就业岗位。
The US jobs market saw a sharp slowdown in September, with employers adding just 29,000 jobs in the final update before the midterm elections.
根据劳工统计局（BLS）的数据，从科技行业到零售业等主要行业的就业人数几乎没有变化，招聘活动相比8月份大幅减少。
Headcounts were little changed in major sectors from tech to retail as hiring fell significantly from August, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
与此同时，失业率从8月份的4.1%小幅上升至9月份的4.2%。
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate rose slightly from 4.1% in August to 4.2% in September.
这些数据表明美国经济正在放缓，专家们认为这降低了美联储进一步加息的可能性。
The figures signal a cooling US economy, which experts said reduced the likelihood of a series of further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.
根据劳工统计局修订后的数据，9月份新增的就业岗位数量（2.9万个）远低于8月份的13.3万个。
The 29,000 jobs created in September was down from a figure of 133,000 in August, according to revised BLS figures for the month.
不过，施罗德（Schroders）的高级经济学家乔治·布朗（George Brown）表示，尽管今年的就业情况一直波动不定，但单次疲软的就业数据不太可能预示着经济会长期衰退。
But George Brown, senior economist at Schroders, said while job gains have been a “rollercoaster“ this year, a single soft report is unlikely to point to a lasting collapse.
资本经济公司（Capital Economics）的北美经济学家布拉德利·桑德斯（Bradley Saunders）认为，较低的就业数据“并不糟糕”，并指出政府职位的减少以及临时签证政策的变动对整体经济增长产生了负面影响。
And Bradley Saunders, North America economist at Capital Economics, said the lower figure was “not disastrous“, adding that a drop in government roles and temporary visa policy changes weighed on overall growth.
LPL金融公司的首席经济学家杰弗里·罗奇（Jeffery Roach）指出，这些数据反映了“推动人工智能发展的制造业”与受到科技变革影响的服务行业之间的矛盾。
Jeffery Roach, chief economist at LPL Financial, added that the data showed tension between “goods producing sectors that support the AI boom” and service industries feeling the effect of changes brought about by the tech.
他表示：“鉴于劳动力市场的整体疲软状况，美联储再次加息的可能性正在降低。”
“Given the overall softness of the labour market, the likelihood of two Fed hikes is going lower,” he said.
劳工统计局的这份报告与唐纳德·特朗普总统所声称的“美国经济正在蓬勃发展”以及美国是“世界上最繁荣的国家”的观点形成了鲜明对比。
The BLS report stands in sharp contrast to President Donald Trump's insistence that America's economy is booming and it is the "hottest" nation in the world.
随着中期选举仅剩一个月的时间，总统及其共和党同僚即将展开竞选活动，这种观点上的分歧可能会带来重大挑战。
The disconnect is likely to present significant challenges as the president and his fellow Republicans hit the the campaign trail with just a month to go before the midterm congressional elections.
根据美联社（AP）和北卡罗来纳大学民意调查中心（NORC）周四发布的民意调查，只有17%的美国人赞成总统处理生活成本问题的方式，而只有26%的人对他的经济管理表现表示满意。
According to an AP/NORC poll released on Thursday, just 17% of Americans approve of the president's handling of cost-of-living issues, while 26% approve of his handling of the economy overall.
这两个数据都是特朗普执政以来的新低，甚至超过了民主党人乔·拜登在任期间的最低纪录。
Both are new lows for Trump, surpassing the lowest mark for Democrat Joe Biden during his presidential term.
有迹象表明，总统意识到自己对美国经济的看法与大多数美国人的观点存在分歧。
There have been some indications that the president understands that his views of the American economy are out of step with those of most Americans.
“我在向人们解释美国经济的实际情况方面做得非常糟糕，”他在本周早些时候的一次白宫活动中说道。
"I've done a very bad job of explaining how good the country is doing," he said at a White House event earlier this week.