国7月份失业率有所下降，美国企业创造的工作岗位数量超过大多数经济学家所预测的。
星期五，美国劳工部公布的备受关注的就业报告显示，美国失业率下降0.1%，达到9.1%。美国经济净增11万7000个工作岗位，大大高于6月份。报告显示，美国困难重重的就业市场略有起色，对投资者来说可能是个利好消息。
这个消息公布之后市场气氛显然发生了变化。期货交易开始活跃。预计，美国股市的跌势将会发生逆转。星期四，世界各地股市发生恐慌抛售重要股指都出现了巨幅下滑。
对就业保障的担忧给美国经济构成负面影响，因为消费者不愿消费，而消费是美国经济活动的主要推动力。
The U.S. unemployment rate improved in July, with businesses creating more jobs than most economists had predicted.
Friday's closely watched report from the Labor Department says the U.S. jobless rate declined one-tenth of a percent to 9.1 percent.
The U.S. economy had a net gain of 117,000 jobs, which is better than the previous month.
The report is a slight improvement in the battered U.S. job market, and is likely to be welcomed by investors after a drastic stock sell-off around the world on Thursday.
Worries about job security have been hurting the U.S. economy by making consumers less likely to do the spending that drives most U.S. economic activity.