美國經濟新增24萬4千個工作機會

The U.S. economy had a net gain of 244,000 jobs in April, the biggest increase in nearly a year, while the unemployment rate rose slightly to hit 9 percent.

Friday's report from the Labor Department showed most of the job gains were in private sector ((non-government)) jobs, including manufacturing.

The job gains are more than most economists predicted, but are still below the level needed to recover the 8 million jobs lost in the recession.

Economists say job growth needs to be 250,000 or higher each month to significantly cut the unemployment rate because the work force is growing due to births and immigration.美國經濟4月份淨增加了24萬4千個工作機會，是將近一年內增幅最大的一次，但美國的失業率小幅上升到9%。

美國勞工部星期五公佈的報告顯示，大多數新增就業機會來自包括製造業在內的私營部門。

就業機會的增幅超出大多數經濟學家的預期，但仍然低於恢復在經濟衰退中失去的8百萬個就業機會所需要的水平。

經濟學家說，每月新增就業需要達到25萬或以上的水平，才能顯著降低失業率，因爲勞工數量隨着新生兒和移民人數的增長而在不斷增加。