美企去年12月裁員4萬人

　　Companies in the U.S. unexpectedly shed 40，000 jobs in December， the first decline since April 2003， a private report based on payroll data showed today.

　　The decrease followed a gain of 158，000 in November， according to an ADP Employer Services report. Economists had forecast ADP to report a 120，000 gain in private employment for the month.

　　The figures prompted economists to lower their payroll estimates for the Labor Department's December jobs report in two days. An economy that grew in the third quarter at the slowest pace of 2006 may be making businesses reluctant to add workers， reducing the odds that consumer spending will accelerate soon， economists said.

　　據(jù)一份報(bào)告顯示，美國企業(yè)去年12月裁減4萬名員工，這是自2003年4月以來首次就業(yè)下降。

　　ADP企業(yè)服務(wù)組織研究報(bào)告顯示，11月就業(yè)人數(shù)增加15.8萬人之多，而12月的裁員就緊隨其后，經(jīng)濟(jì)師們曾預(yù)測ADP公布的私營企業(yè)當(dāng)月就業(yè)會(huì)增加12萬人。

　　此次公布的就業(yè)數(shù)據(jù)可能會(huì)使經(jīng)濟(jì)師們調(diào)低他們對美勞工部在兩天后發(fā)布的就業(yè)報(bào)告預(yù)測。他們認(rèn)為，三季度出現(xiàn)的去年最低經(jīng)濟(jì)增速可能會(huì)使企業(yè)不愿增加員工人數(shù)，降低了消費(fèi)開支會(huì)加速的可能性。