當周美國公布了最新的制造業相關數據，整體弱于市場預期，不難發現，在就業問題難以得到妥善處理的情況下，美國經濟的復蘇力度偏弱，市場人士稱此現象將影響美國貨幣政策收緊的進度。
U.S. factory output slipped for the first time in 10 months in April as a shortage of parts from Japan crimped activity and home building slumped，showing the economy got off to a weak start in the secondquarter. Signs of lackluster economic activity were also evident indeclining sales at Wal-Mart Stores，which said its customers were still living from paycheck to paycheck.
美國4月制造業產出出現10個月來的首次下滑，因日本地震導致零部件短缺；同時房屋建筑活動亦銳減。這些均表明美國經濟在第二季開局不利。零售商沃爾瑪銷售下降，亦清楚顯示經濟活動疲弱的跡象。該公司稱其顧客的薪水仍然入不敷出。(路透社)
有市場人士認為，自年初以來，美國經濟復蘇陷入階段性疲軟，但今年余下時間里，情況應會改善。
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose 6/32 in price，its yield moving through resistance at 3.14 percent to stand at 3.13 percent，afterearlier falling to 3.10 percent，which was the lowest since early December. The economic data “added to the market's sense that the economy is in a slower growth mode，”said Cary Leahey，managing director and senior economist at Decision Economics.
美國10年期公債價格上漲6/32，收益率報3.13%，突破約在3.14%的阻力位，盤中一度跌至3.10%，為去年12月初以來最低。Decision Economics總經理Cary Leahey稱，經濟數據令“市場愈發感到經濟處于較慢的增長模式。”(路透社)
市場目前普遍認為，美國最新經濟增長率將低于3.0%，美聯儲將感到失望，將推遲采取任何朝向收緊貨幣政策的初步舉措。
The U.S. manufacturing and services sectors will continue to grow this year as revenues rise， according to an industry forecast released on Tuesday. The Institute expects manufacturing revenue will rise 7.5 percent this year. Revenue in the non-manufacturing sector is expected to be up 2.1 percent.
美國供應管理學會(ISM)周二在半年度會員調查報告中表示，今年美國制造業和服務業的經濟活動應當會繼續增長。(《華爾街日報》)
該機構預計今年制造業收入將增長7.5%，非制造業收入將增長2.1%。
The real US problem is that of jobless recovery. This is the other side of the rapid rise in productivity-another league in which the US heads the western world-and the answer to this problem is still faster growth rather than just special schemes.
美國真正的問題在于經濟復蘇而失業率居高不下。這是生產率快速增長(美國領銜西方世界的又一領域)的另一面，解決辦法是實現更快的增長，而不只是出臺特殊計劃。(《金融時報》)
真實穩固的復蘇一直沒有來臨是因為高失業問題沒有得到有效解決。