美国上个星期首次申请失业救济人数减少6000人，至46万2000人。劳工部星期四发布的报告显示，申请失业救济人数大约一年来一直在减少。
一些经济学家说，经济复苏意味着公司很快将停止裁员并开始招人。这对美国数百万失业人口来说是个好消息，因为一个私营研究机构发布的另一份报告说，经济衰退使失业的人找到新工作的时间增长了一倍。经济政策研究所说，现在要花19个星期以上才能找到新工作，而衰退刚开始时只需要八个星期。
The number of Americans signing up for unemployment compensation dropped by 6,000 last week, falling to a total of 462,000.Thursday’s report from the Labor Department shows that jobless claims have been falling for about one year.
Some economists say a recovering economy means companies will soon stop cutting jobs and begin hiring. That will be welcome news to the millions of unemployed people in the United States because a separate study by a private research group says the recession has doubled the time it takes for laid-off workers to find new jobs. The Economic Policy Institute says it now takes more than 19 weeks to get new work, a huge increase from the eight weeks it took at the beginning of the recession.