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The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment pension dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 348
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment pension dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 348
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2012-06-20
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The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment pension dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 348 ,000,the lowest level since February 2008. The four-week average of applications, a less unstable measure, dipped to 355,000. That’s also a four year low.
Applications have steadily declined since last fall. The drop has coincided with the best three months of hiring in two years. From December through February, employers added an average of 245, 000 jobs per month. That’s pushed down the unemployment rate to 8.3% , the lowest in three years.
Companies are hiring more because the economy is picking up. The economy grew at an annual rate of 3% in the final three months of last year. That was better than the 1. 7% rate in the previous quarter.
There are other signs the economy is steadily recovering. Consumers are more confident and have stepped up spending. Auto sales are rising. Even the housing market is showing signs of improving.
January and February comprised the best winter for sales of previously occupied homes in five years, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. January sales were the most since May 2010, the final month that a federal tax credit for home buyers was available. Sales dipped in February but were still 13% higher than six months earlier.
Developers are even seeking to build more homes. Requests for permits to build single-family homes and apartments rose 5% last month. That brought the annual rate for permits to the highest since October 2008, though they are still running at about half the rate of a healthy market.
One concern is that rising gas prices will force consumers to cut back on discretionary (可自由支配的) spending. That could weigh on economic growth and slow hiring. The Federal Reserve says it expects oil and gas prices to temporarily boost inflation but predicts that longer-term inflation should remain stable.
The job market still has a ways to go to fully recover from the Great Recession. More than 12.8 million people remain unemployed and the economy still has 5 million fewer jobs than before the downturn.
But the booming job market has caused some so-called " discouraged workers" to start looking ahead again. The work force rose by nearly a half-million in February.
A person who intends to buy a home after May 2010 will______.
选项
A、have to pay 13% more than before
B、be unable to enjoy a federal tax credit
C、wait for a longer time for a home
D、find it harder to find a suitable home
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。由原文可知,2010年6月是购房的人们可以得到政府税收抵免的最后一个月。因此2010年5月以后再买房就不能享受税收抵免了,故B)“不能享受税收抵免”正确。A)“需要比以前多付13%”不符合题干。原文中的13%指的是2月房屋销售额和之前相比的增长额度;C)“再等更长的时间才能买到房子”和D)“找到合适的房子更难了”都未在原文中出现,故排除。
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