Despite 30 months of private-sector job growth, the US still confronts a large jobs deficit. The unemployment rate remains more than two percentage points above the “normal” rate (when the economy is operating near capacity).
美国经历了30个月的私人部门就业增长，但仍面临巨大的就业赤字失业率仍比“正常”水平（即经济以接近潜力的水平运转时）高出两个百分点。此外，劳动参与率仍然徘徊在历史最低点。