Initial jobless claims keep grinding lower and lower.
新規失業保険申請はどんどん少なくなる。
The last time this few Americans sought the help of government after
losing a job was in November 1969. Initial Jobless Claims tumbled
another 5K from the prior week's revised 197K to just 192K: the second consecutive sub-200K print in 50 years, and the lowest print since September 1969. 米国人が失業時に政府の助けをここまで求めなかったのは１９６９年１１月以来のことだ。新規失業保険申請は前週比で５K減り、わずか１９２Kとなった：二週連続で２００Kを切ったのは５０年ぶりのことだ、そして１９６９年９月以来の少なさだ。
The YTD change in the absolute number of claims is now the best in at least the past decade.
YTDで絶対値変化を見るとここ１０年で最良のものだ。
While the number will probably not come as a big surprise in light of the recent sharp rebound in payrolls, the
Fed will be hard pressed to explain why it is pausing its rate hikes at
a time when the fewest number of Americans are filing for jobless
benefits in half a century. この良い数値は最近の雇用統計の急改善によるものではないだろうと思われ、半世紀ぶりに新規失業保険申請が少ない中でFEDはどうして金利引き上げを中断するのかと詰問されるだろう。
For some context, the last time claims were this low:
前回ここまで新規失業保険申請が少なかった当時を振り返すとこういう時代だった：
The Beatles' "Abbey Road" Album hit #1
ビートルズの「アビィロード」が全米チットチャート１位となった
Wendy's Hamburgers, American fast food restaurant chains founded by Dave Thomas opens in Columbus, Ohio
Dave Thomasが創業したWendy's Mambergersチェーンが一号店をオハイオ週コロンバスで開店した。
Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
サンフランシスコのAlcatraz Islandが武装ネイティブアメリカンに占拠された
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
米国政府がネバダ州で核実験を行った
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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