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ECONOMIC REPORTJob growth accelerates to 167,000 in DecemberAverage hourly earnings jump 0.5%; jobless rate remains at 4.5%PrintE-mailDisable live quotesRSSDigg itDel.icio.usBy Rex Nutting, MarketWatchLast Update: 4:10 PM ET Jan 5, 2007WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Job growth in the U.S. unexpectedly accelerated in December, with nonfarm payrolls rising by 167,000 and the jobless rate remaining at a very low 4.5%, the Labor Department reported Friday.Job growth was much stronger than the 100,000 expected, dashing fleeting hopes held by some that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates soon. "The underlying recovery remains intact," wrote Steven Wieting, an economist for Citigroup Global Markets, in a note to clients. "We continue to believe that monetary policy is on hold for the foreseeable future," Joshua Shapiro, chief economist for MFR Inc., wrote in an email following the "solid report." Bonds and stocks sold off on the news. The odds of a rate cut in the first half of the year fell to 52% from 86% before the data, according to the Chicago Board of Trade's federal funds market. See Market Snapshot. Job growth in the previous two months was revised higher by a total of 29,000. Economists had expected job growth to slow from November's upwardly revised 154,000, especially after Wednesday's ADP employment report, which showed a 40,000 decline in private-sector payrolls. See Economic Calendar. Joel Prakken, president of Macroeconomic Advisers, which computes the ADP index, was unapologetic about the big discrepancy between the ADP and government numbers, saying he wouldn't be surprised if the government's data were revised lower. "We aren't trying to forecast the initial estimate," Prakken said, "we are trying to get it right." The government said Friday that payrolls grew by 1.84 million in 2006, an average of 153,000 per month. Revisions to be published next month will likely increase that total significantly. Growth averaged 136,000 a month in the final quarter of the year. Fed researchers have said the economy needs to add about 100,000 jobs per month to absorb new entrants into the workforce and maintain a steady unemployment rate. With strong job growth in 2006, the jobless rate fell from 4.9% at the beginning of the year to 4.5%. Read the full release. Average hourly earnings jumped by 8 cents, or 0.5%, far ahead of the 0.3% rise expected. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased 4.2%, more than double the inflation rate and the fastest growth since late 2000. With productivity slowing, the acceleration in earnings will keep Fed officials focused on inflationary pressures in the tight labor market. On the other hand, faster wage growth should also support consumer spending, keeping growth on track. December's job growth came in strong despite losses in three key sectors: Construction, manufacturing and retail. Construction jobs fell by 3,000 after seasonal adjustment. Residential construction jobs fell by 16,000, but those losses were partially offset by gains in nonresidential construction. Manufacturing jobs dropped by 12,000 in December, the sixth consecutive decline. In the past year, factory jobs have fallen by 72,000. The losses in December were concentrated in autos, primary metals and textiles. Of 84 manufacturing industries, 44.6% were adding jobs in December. "This is terrible news," said Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital. "The problems of the U.S. economy are just getting worse. We destroyed 12,000 goods-producing jobs." Retail firms cut 9,000 jobs after seasonal adjustment. Retail jobs fell by 58,000 in 2006. Jobs were added in most every other sector. Of 278 industries, 58.6% were adding jobs in December. Job growth was strong in professional services, which added 50,000 workers in December and 420,000 in all of 2006. Health care added 31,000 jobs in December and 324,000 in the year. Employment in food services increased by 23,000 in December and 304,000 for the year. In the separate survey of households, the government reported employment gains of 303,000 in December and an increase in unemployment of 23,000 to 6.85 million. In 2006, the household survey indicated job growth of 3.14 million. The labor-force participation rate (the percentage of adults working or looking for work) rose to 66.4% from 66.3%. The employment-population ratio (the percentage of adults working) rose to 63.4% from 63.2%. That's the highest employment rate since September 2001. . Rex Nutting is Washington bureau chief of MarketWatch.
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这是CNN的报道.称为海南岛事件."hainan island incident" BREAKING NEWSChinese Release Americans from Hainan IslandAired April 11, 2001 - 10:00 ETTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Daryn Kagan. Let's now check on the latest coming out of China where it is now just after 10:00 p.m. in Beijing. The latest from Hainan Island.While an agreement is at hand, the release of those detained 24 crew members remains just out of reach for right now. For the moment, the Bush administration has a commercial airline on standby and awaiting word on the nearby island of Guam.The breakthrough was announced just about three hours ago. It followed the U.S. expression of deep regrets over the incident and the emergency landing of its crippled surveillance plane on Chinese soil on April 1st. There is no word yet on the return of the U.S. spy plane.For the latest on this developing story, let's check in with our Beijing bureau chief Rebecca Mackinnon -- Rebecca.REBECCA MACKINNON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Daryn, the Chinese side is hailing this as victory. The Chinese media is showing interviews with people on the street and around Beijing saying, "We've won. We've gotten the United States to apologize. We've gotten to them to say they're sorry. We've come out on top on this."So very much the Chinese government is playing this as a victory. However, it's very interesting to note that in terms of the way in which the United States expressed that it was sorry, there was not any assumption of responsibility. The Chinese side had been insisting not only that the U.S. apologize but also that it take responsibility for the incident. But the way in which "I'm sorry" -- the way in which we are sorry was worded in the U.S. letter to the Chinese foreign ministry made it very clear that there was no assumption of responsibility going along with it.They were apologizing for two things. One, very sorry to the Chinese people and to the family of the Chinese fighter pilot Wang Wei for his loss. Also, very sorry for the entry into Chinese airspace. The U.S. is pointing out that the crew felt that an emergency landing was required and entering into Chinese airspace was required in order to save their own lives.The Chinese version of the statement is omitting that fact, merely saying that the United States has said it's very sorry for entering Chinese airspace. So there is a very big difference on that. Meanwhile, however, the U.S. is certainly focusing on the impending release of the 24 U.S. crew members. It's not clear when they will be released. But the U.S. ambassador Joseph Prueher, who has been the man in charge of negotiations here, came out and spoke about them little while ago. And here is what he had to say.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)JOSEPH PRUEHER, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA: We're obviously delighted that the aircrew is going to be going home. The people of America should be very proud of this aircrew and the way they handled a very complex and difficult sudden in-flight emergency to safely land the airplane as well as how they comported themselves while they were here in -- being held in China.(END VIDEO CLIP)MACKINNON: Now, the Chinese have made a very clear even though they say they are releasing the 24 U.S. crew members on, quote, unquote, "humanitarian grounds," this affair is not over, that there are going to have to be talks between the U.S. and China about exactly what happened, that the Chinese side is insisting still that the United States halt further surveillance flights near Chinese airspace, the U.S. acknowledging that China wants to discuss this but not in any way indicating there's an interest in doing so.Clearly, all of these things up for negotiation. The Chinese still holding the plane. It's unclear at this point when and if it will be released. It's also clear, however, that that is going to have be determined after the negotiations get underway.Back to you.KAGAN: Rebecca, we heard the Chinese officials today say that there had to be procedures that took place before those 24 crew members were let go. Do you know what kind of procedures they are talking about and what the delay would be?MACKINNON: Well, we asked foreign ministry spokesman that, what exactly these procedures were going to be. It's not exactly clear. The U.S. ambassador would not go into details either about exactly the sequence of events that is going to take place between now and the release. However, observers are assuming that there is going to be have to be some kind of procedure when comes to transfer of custody. There's probably some paperwork, visa issues in and out involved, various legalities that will have to be to be gone through, also landing rights for the U.S. plane, this kind of thing. However, people in China who I've been speaking to expect that we're likely to see them go within the next 24 hours.KAGAN: Rebecca Mackinnon in Beijing, thank you -- Stephen.STEPHEN FRAZIER, CNN ANCHOR: As we heard Rebecca say, this is not yet over. We do have an agreement. But the situation is not fully resolved. And President Bush is choosing his words very carefully today. For more on those words, we go to CNN White House correspondent Kelly Wallace -- Kelly.KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Stephen, that is exactly right. The White House certainly welcoming this news, but Mr. Bush as well as senior aides still treating this as a very delicate moment as they await the actual release of those 24 crew members.Now we understand that Mr. Bush received word that a deal had been struck at about 5:20 this morning. He got that word from his national security adviser, Dr. Condoleezza Rice. And then about an hour-and-a-half ago, he came here into this briefing room to deliver a very brief statement, the president not taking any questions. Again, the administration trying not to say very much right now until those crew members are actually on their way back to the United States.Here now is what the president said pretty much in its entirety about an hour-and-a-half ago.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: I'm pleased to be able to tell the American people that plans are underway to bring home our 24 American servicemen and women from Hainan Island. This morning, the Chinese government assured our American ambassador that the crew would leave promptly. We are working on arrangements to pick them up and bring them home.This has been a difficult situation for both our countries. I know the American people join me in expressing sorrow for the loss of life of a Chinese pilot. Our prayers are with his wife and his child.I appreciate the hard work of our ambassador to China, Joseph Prueher, and his entire embassy team who worked tirelessly to solve this situation. The American people, their families, and I are proud of our crew. And we look forward to welcoming them home.
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国际风云的英文文章-这里面很多了，点击，里面每篇文章内容都是英文的更多的VOA英语新闻--国际风云VOA2001-国际风云（1） VOA2001-国际风云（2） VOA2001-国际风云（3） VOA2001-国际风云（4） 这里面就是了：）~~布什在欧洲受到强烈批评Bush Faces Strong Criticism in EuropeRoger WilkisonBrussels12 Jun 2001 19:41 UTC As he makes his way across Europe this week, from Spain to Sweden and onward to Slovenia, President Bush will face 1)skepticism from Europeans concerned about his stands on global warming, 2)missile defense and the death penalty. But European officials are hoping Mr. Bush will listen to their concerns and try to work with them to overcome U.S.-European differences.President George Bush is welcomed to Spain by King Juan Carlos Judging by the bad press he has received, it is easy to conclude that Mr. Bush is an object of dislike and 3)derision in Europe. A cover in Germany's Der Spiegel magazine shows him standing 4)atop the globe 5)wielding two six-shooters; the caption reads: "the little 6)sheriff." A 7)satirical program on French television portrays him as a man who has difficulty counting to three. And Britain's Economist magazine features the title "Mr. Bush goes to Europe" superimposed on a picture of American astronauts landing on the moon.In what they perceive as Mr. Bush's willingness to act 8)unilaterally, Europeans have reacted with fury over his 9)junking of the Kyoto 10)Protocol, which commits industrialized nations to reduce emissions of 11)greenhouse gases, even though no European Union state has yet 12)ratified the pact.They also fear his pursuit of a missile defense shield and his determination to scrap the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty will lead to a new arms race, even though some leaders are slowly coming around to Mr. Bush's view that there is a threat from the 13)proliferation of missiles and other weapons of mass destruction.详细的可以看这里：）~~http://gzstu.cn/article/{39CEF6AB-9432-484F-BEB9-FB8050333364}.htm
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JIUQUAN, Gansu, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Shenzhou-7 spaceship will carry Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng, all aged 42,for China's third manned space mission that will include the country's first-ever space walk. The trio taikonauts met a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province of northwestern China.
