During the last 31 months, private-sector employment has increased by 5.2 million and the unemployment rate has now fallen below 8% for the first time in nearly four years. But the unemployment rate is still more than two percentage points above the long-run value that most economists view as normal when the economy is operating near its potential.
过去31个月中，私人部门就业增加了520万，失业率在近四年时间里第一次降到了8%以下。但失业率仍比大部分经济学家所认为的经济在接近潜力水平运行时的长期值低了两个百分点以上。