美国9月18日当周首次申请失业救济人数增1.2万

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上周美国首次申请失业救济人数增幅超出经济学家预期，再次提醒人们就业市场的疲软局面仍未改变。

美国劳工部(Labor Department)周四发布的报告显示，截至9月18日当周的首次申请失业救济人数增加12,000人，至465,000人。截至9月11日当周的首次申请失业救济人数由450,000人向上修正为453,000人。

此前接受道琼斯通讯社(Dow Jones Newswires)调查的经济学家们预计，9月18日当周首次申请失业救济人数仅会增加3,000人。

不过首次申请失业救济人数的四周移动平均值则显得比较乐观。该指标减少3,250人，至463,250人。

劳工部周四的报告显示，截至9月11日当周持续申请失业救济人数减少48,000人，至4,489,000人，此前一周的持续申请失业救济人数经修正后为4,537,000人。

截至9月11日当周，享受失业保险工人的失业率为3.5%，较此前一周修正后3.6%的失业率下降0.1个百分点。

截至9月11日当周，佛罗里达州首次申请失业救济人数增幅最大，为增加2,755人，原因在于该州建筑、服务、制造和农业等领域裁员人数增加。

加利福尼亚州首次申请失业救济人数降幅最大，为减少10,754人，原因在于当周工作时间缩短且服务业裁员人数减少。

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加拿大多伦多越来越多的人的生活依靠每日食物银行，是近十五年来的最大增长。原因是他们的失业救济已经 DRY 了：

《Fall Drive launches with release of new report on hunger in the GTA》

TORONTO, Ont. - The Daily Bread Food Bank launched its annual Fall Drive, Thursday, by releasing a survey that showed more and more people are relying on its services.

In fact, the report entitled: "Who's Hungry: 2010 Profile of Hunger in the GTA" has revealed the biggest increase in hunger in 15 years.

Although the survey was carried out across the GTA, the stats found people in Toronto are struggling the most, with nearly a million client visits recorded at its food banks over the last year.

That is compared to just 190,000 food bank visits in Peel, York and Durham regions combined.

Overall, food bank usage in the GTA is up a staggering 15 per cent.

Gail Nyberg, the executive director of the Daily Bread Food Bank, told 680News they are seeing more demand than they saw during the recession because people who were laid off are now seeing their EI benefits dry up.

"Then they went through their savings and they went through their RRSP's and now they've hit that wall - that's why you're seeing 59 per cent of the people surveyed talking about borrowing from people - you're hearing about people charging things on credit card," she explained.

Nearly half of the new food bank clients said they either lost their jobs or saw their hours of work cut.