U.S. May Employment Statistics, Number of Employed Persons Exceeds Expectations by 339,000, Unemployment Rate Rise
米労働省労働統計局が２日発表した５月の雇用統計によると、非農業部門の就業者数は３３万９０００人増えた
Nonfarm employment rose by 339,000, according to May employment data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday.
２９万４０００人増に上方修正された４月の数字から加速した
Accelerated from April’s upwardly revised figure of 294,000
Economists expected 190,000 more jobs in May
ただ、失業率も３．４％から３．７％に大きく上昇する結果になった
However, the unemployment rate rose sharply from 3.4% to 3.7%.
２０１１年１１月以来の大幅上昇となる
It will be the biggest increase since November 2011
Permanently unemployed and those who have finished temporary jobs boosted the numbers
The labor force participation rate remained flat at 62.6%, but rose to 83.4% among those aged between 25 and 54, the highest level since January 2007.
今回のデータからは、職探しにかかる時間が増えている可能性もうかがえる
The data also suggests that the time it takes to find a job may be increasing.
The number of people who have been unemployed for 15 to 26 weeks increased by 179,000 to 858,000.
賃金の伸びはやや落ち着いた
Wage growth has slowed somewhat
Average hourly earnings rose 0.3% from the previous month and 4.3% from the same month last year, down from 0.4% and 4.4% respectively in April.
２週間足らず先には米連邦準備制度理事会（ＦＲＢ）が１１回連続の利上げを実施するか、利上げを停止するかを決める会合が控えている
The Federal Reserve is less than two weeks away from meeting to decide whether to raise interest rates for the 11th time in a row or halt them.
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