美聯(lián)儲對美國經(jīng)濟復蘇表示樂觀
From VOA Learning English, this is the Economic Report.
這里是美國之音慢速英語經(jīng)濟報道。
The head of the U.S. central bank has told Congress that the economy is improving after very slow growth in the first three-month of the year. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's report came soon after the government announced April's employment numbers. They showed the biggest monthly gain in two years.
美國央行負責人對國會表示，在今年一季度的緩慢增長之后，美國經(jīng)濟開始改善。美國聯(lián)邦儲備委員會主席珍妮特?耶倫（Janet Yellen）的報告是在政府公布四月份就業(yè)數(shù)據(jù)不久后出臺。該數(shù)據(jù)顯示了兩年來最大的單月增長。（注：美國央行即美聯(lián)儲。）

"Looking ahead, I expect that economic activity will expand at a somewhat faster pace this year than it did last year, that the unemployment rate will continue to decline gradually, and that inflation will begin to move up toward two percent," said Yellen.
耶倫說：“展望未來，我預計今年的經(jīng)濟活動和去年相比將出現(xiàn)更快的擴張，失業(yè)率將繼續(xù)逐步下降，通貨膨脹將開始上行達到2%?！?/span>

However, the central bank chief remained concerned about employment and international tensions. She said the threat of conflict in other countries, and intensifying financial problems in some developing countries could hurt the world economy.
然而，耶倫對就業(yè)和國際緊張局勢仍然擔憂。她說，其它國家沖突的威脅，以及發(fā)展中國家財政問題加劇會傷害世界經(jīng)濟。

"Currently one prominent risk is that adverse developments abroad, such as heightened geopolitical tensions or an intensification of financial stresses in emerging market economies could undermine confidence in the global economic recovery," said Yellen.
耶倫說：“當前一個突出風險是國外因素的不利發(fā)展有可能破壞全球經(jīng)濟復蘇的信心，例如地緣政治緊張局勢升級，以及新興經(jīng)濟體金融壓力加劇?！?/span>

The Federal Reserve, or Fed for short, has been cutting back its efforts to support the economy. The Fed has reduced or tapered its government bond buying activities. They went from $85 billion five months ago to about $45 billion now.
美聯(lián)儲一直在削減其經(jīng)濟支持力度。它已經(jīng)減少了購買政府債券的活動，由5月前的每月850億美元降到目前的450億美元。

Bond buying by the central bank puts more money into the economy. And it has helped keep interest rates near historically low levels. This program called "quantitative easing" is set to end in the last three-month of this year. But Janet Yellen said borrowing rates would remain low for, in her words, a "considerable amount of time".
美國央行購買債券向經(jīng)濟注入更多資金。它幫助利率維持在歷史最低水平。這個項目被稱為“量化寬松”，它定于今年最后一個季度結(jié)束。但耶倫表示，借貸利率在相當長時間內(nèi)將繼續(xù)維持低位。

Earlier, the U.S. Labor Department said the economy added 288,000 jobs in April. That brought the unemployment rate to its lowest level in five years. The employment news balances the Commerce Department's announcement that economic growth was very slow in the first three-month of the year, the economy grew at a rate of one-tenth of one percent.
美國勞工部此前表示，今年四月美國經(jīng)濟增加了28.8萬個工作崗位。它使得失業(yè)率降到五年來的最低水平。這一就業(yè)新聞抵消了美國商務部公告的影響，該公告稱今年首季度美國經(jīng)濟增長非常緩慢，經(jīng)濟增長速度是0.1%。

Experts blamed an unusually cold winter for hurting demand. However, economists say job gains were better than expected. But others are concerned about the quality of jobs.
專家將需求受損歸咎于去年冬天異常寒冷。然而經(jīng)濟學家表示，就業(yè)增長好于預期。但也有人擔心就業(yè)質(zhì)量。

Mark Hamrick of Bankrate.com says the jobs are not pushing up hourly wages. He says that the building, professional services and healthcare industries added jobs, but income gains were disappointing.
Bankrate網(wǎng)的馬克?哈姆里克表示，這些就業(yè)崗位未能推高時薪。他說，建筑、專業(yè)服務和醫(yī)療保健行業(yè)增加了就業(yè)崗位，但收入增長令人失望。

And that's the VOA Learning English Economics Report. Find more of our programs at learningenglish.voanews.com. I'm Mario Ritter.
以上就是美國之音慢速英語經(jīng)濟報道的全部內(nèi)容，更多節(jié)目請訪問learningenglish.voanews.com。我是馬里奧?理特（Mario Ritter）。

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