昨日、米国労働省から9月の米国雇用統計が発表されました。ヘッドラインとなる非農業部門雇用者数は前月から▲95千人の減少、失業率は前月と同じ9.6%となりました。ただし、民間部門の雇用者数は+64千人の増加となっています。いずれも季節調整済みの系列です。まず、米国の主要紙である New York Times と Wall Street Journal から関連する記事の最初の方のパラを引用すると以下の通りです。前者の報道は淡々と事実関係を、後者は米国の中央銀行である連邦準備制度理事会 (FED) の対応まで含めて論じています。
次に、いつものグラフは以下の通りです。上のパネルが非農業部門雇用者数の前月差増減で、赤い折れ線グラフが政府も含めた総数、水色が民間部門だけの計数です。下のパネルは失業率です。いずれも季節調整済みの系列で、影をつけた部分は景気後退期となっています。
Public Jobs Drop Amid Slowdown in Private Hiring
In the one-two punch long feared by many economists, hiring by businesses has slowed while government jobs are disappearing at a record pace.
Companies added just 64,000 jobs last month, a slowdown from 93,000 jobs in August and 117,000 in July, the Labor Department reported Friday. But over all, the economy lost 95,000 nonfarm jobs in September, the result of a 159,000 decline in government jobs at all levels. Local governments in particular cut workers at the fastest rate in almost 30 years.
U.S. Economy Lost 95,000 Jobs in September
America's job machine continued to sputter in September as a wave of government layoffs, including a move by cash-strapped localities to shed teachers, overwhelmed modest gains in the private sector.
The disappointing jobs report makes it almost certain the Federal Reserve will restart a bond-buying program aimed at stimulating the economy when it meets next month, and ensures job worries will remain issue No. 1 heading into the elections.
U.S. payrolls dropped by 95,000 in September as private employers added 64,000 workers, while governments shed 159,000, half of them temporary Census workers, the Labor Department said Friday. State and local governments shed 83,000 workers. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6%.
But stocks rose on the report, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 57.90 to 11006.48, topping 11000 for the first time since May. The increase in private payrolls suggested the country was unlikely to slip back into recession, while the weak tenor of the report reinforced investors' belief that the Fed would take action when it meets Nov. 2 and 3.
Although some Fed officials are still resistant to the plan, top officials, including Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, have said in recent days a bond-buying program could help to spur growth.
次に、いつものグラフは以下の通りです。上のパネルが非農業部門雇用者数の前月差増減で、赤い折れ線グラフが政府も含めた総数、水色が民間部門だけの計数です。下のパネルは失業率です。いずれも季節調整済みの系列で、影をつけた部分は景気後退期となっています。
