

一 | Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in eight months last week as businesses continue to retain workers despite elevated interest rates meant to cool the economy and labor market.Jobless claim applications fell by 13,000 to 198,000 for the week ending Oct. 14, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That's the fewest since January and about 14,000 fewer than analysts expected.Jobless claim applications are considered a proxy for layoffs.Despite the low level of weekly first-time jobless benefit applications, the number of Americans remaining on the unemployment rolls — known as “continuing claims” — jumped to its highest level in three months.Overall, 1.73 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended Oct. 7, about 29,000 more than the previous week and the most since early July.Analysts suggested one reason why new applications for unemployment aid might be falling while the number of people who continue to receive benefits is rising: Though relatively few people are being laid off, those who are already unemployed may now be having a harder time finding new work.“That would be consistent with other recent anecdotal evidence, including the Beige Book yesterday, which noted that firms were hiring ‘less urgently’ and finding that the pool of available job candidates was expanding,” said Nancy Vanden Houten, an economist at Oxford Economics. That comports with recent data showing that more people have started looking for work again. In August, about 736,000 people re-entered the search for employment, boosting the unemployment rate from 3.5% to 3.8%, where it remains today. Only people who are actively looking for a job are counted as unemployed.Though the Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark borrowing rate alone at its most recent meeting, it is well into the second year of its battle to rein in persistent inflation. The central bank has raised its benchmark rate 11 times since March of 2022, with part of its goal to cool hiring and bring down wages. But the labor market has held up better than expected.In September, employers added 336,000 jobs, easily surpassing the 227,000 for August and raising the average gain for each of the past three months to a robust 266,000.In August, American employers posted a surprising 9.6 million job openings, up from 8.9 million in July and the first uptick in three months.Besides some layoffs early this year — mostly in the technology sector — companies have been trying to retain workers.Thursday's report also said that the four-week moving average of claims — which flattens out some of the week-to-week volatility — ticked down by 1,000 to 205,750.。 前8个月全省外贸进出口突破5000亿元 机电产品占出口比重超五成 9月20日,记者从沈阳海关获悉,今年前8个月,我省外贸进出口总值达5016.9亿元人民币。其中,出口2399亿元,同比增长1.1%。 从贸易方式看,前8个月,我省以一般贸易方式进出口3391.6亿元,占同期进出口总值的(下同)67.6%;以加工贸易方式进出口973.8亿元,占19.4%。

二 | 从企业性质看,民营企业仍为主力军,进出口值达2338.1亿元,占46.6%;外商投资企业进出口1849.2亿元,占36.9%;国有企业进出口824.4亿元,占16.4%。 从贸易伙伴看,欧盟为我省第一大贸易伙伴,进出口值达880.4亿元,同比增长1.5%,占17.5%。同期,我省外贸对东盟增长较快,进出口值达611.2亿元,同比增长48%,占12.2%。另外,我省对日本、韩国和美国分别进出口551.7亿元、420.8亿元和346.6亿元,合计占26.3%。此外,对共建“一带一路”国家和RCEP贸易伙伴分别进出口2490.3亿元和1776.7亿元。 从出口看,我省机电产品出口占比超五成,出口值达1240.1亿元,占同期我省出口总值的51.7%。其中,集成电路、船舶和锂离子蓄电池等高技术产品出口增速较快,分别出口173.5亿元、121.1亿元和37.6亿元,分别同比增长19.8%、31.3%和30.3%;汽车零配件和汽车分别出口88.6亿元和87.5亿元。同期,钢材出口243.2亿元,同比增长9.4%;农产品和纺织服装分别出口196.9亿元和140.3亿元。 从进口看,前8个月,我省大宗商品进口1120.8亿元,占同期进口总值的42.8%。其中,原油进口700.9亿元;金属矿砂进口224.5亿元;粮食进口131.7亿元。同期,机电产品进口728.9亿元,占同期进口总值的27.8%。此外,成品油进口155.8亿元,同比增长119.3%;基本有机化学品和食用水产品分别进口141.9亿元和64.4亿元。 责任编辑:刘春阳。
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