首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Everyone knows about unemployment. But millions of working Am
[originaltext] Everyone knows about unemployment. But millions of working Am
游客
2023-12-24
57
管理
问题
Everyone knows about unemployment. But millions of working Americans are now facing a less familiar and perhaps more troubling problem: shrinking wages. It’s a phenomenon that takes many forms. Some workers have had to swallow outright pay cuts. Others have lost their jobs and, in the tough labor market of today, have had to settle for new ones at less pay. Still others—including employees at such giants as AT&T, Boise Cascade and Starwood Hotels—have had to accept pay freezes that, when rising prices are factored in, amount to reduced compensation. To add insult to injury, companies everywhere are reducing bonuses and overtime and eroding health and pension benefits.
The numbers are grim. For the 500,000 workers laid off since January, the average job search has stretched to a 19-year high of nearly five months—about twice the duration of the typical severance package. According to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 17% of those who do find work—nearly double the historical percentage—are settling for less pay. The net result of the various pressures on pay is in the first three months of 2003, median weekly earnings adjusted for inflation fell 1.5%, according to the U.S. Labor Department. That’s the biggest drop since 1991, according to Jared Bernstein, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a research group based in Washington. Wage erosion partly explains why the Federal Reserve Board openly frets about the threat of deflation, a downward spiral in prices that can cripple an economy by making debt repayment more difficult and encouraging consumers to wait for even lower prices. Adding fuel to the deflation debate, the cost of goods to both consumers and manufacturers fell in April, officials reported last week.
选项
A、19 years.
B、5 months.
C、10 months.
D、2 months and a half.
答案
D
解析
正确利用数字信息做简单的推断。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3302767.html
相关试题推荐
Toweakenthedamageforearthquakes,scientistsareworkingonwaystoenablea
Hewasfinallyenrolledintoamemberofthecollegeafterayear’shardworking
His______behaviormadeeveryonenervous.Hewasalwaysrushingtoopendoorsa
ToErrisHumanbyLewisThomasEveryonem
ToErrisHumanbyLewisThomasEveryonem
Hewasfinallyenrolledintoamemberofthecollegeafterayear’shardworking
"We’renotbringinginmillionsofdollars,"saysadirectorofdevelopment."Bu
Beingbothspoiledandlazy,he______everyoneelseforhislackofsuccess.A、acc
Housewiveswhodonotgoouttoworkoftenfeeltheyarenotworkingtotheirfu
"We’renotbringinginmillionsofdollars,"saysadirectorofdevelopment."Bu
随机试题
Smokingissoharmfultopersonalhealththatitkills______peopleeachyeartha
BullyingandChildrenWhatyoursonisdescribingisbu
Completethetablebelow.WriteONEWORDONLYforeachanswer.[img]2015m5x/ct_e
______gotAmericanoutoftheGreatDepression.A、PresidentWilliamMckinleyB、Pr
债权人转让其债权的,债权从( )时开始转移。A.债务人接到通知 B.债务人同
隧道施工监控量测的任务包括()。A.确保安全 B.指导施工 C.修正设计
医疗机构药事管理暂行规定要求从事药学专业技术人员应是依法经过资格认定的A.医、药
25/36、17/24、23/28和35/42,哪个最大? A.25/36
A.对照的原则 B.重复的原则 C.随机化原则 D.节约化原则 E.最优
某企业为增值税一般纳税人,2019年应交的各种税金为:增值税300万元,消
最新回复
(
0
)