CNN News: 美國經(jīng)濟(jì)總體健康

Investors around the world are keeping a close eye on the U.S. stock market. Yesterday, it took a nosedive. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of 30 significant stocks, dropped 1,175 points.

全世界的投資者都在密切關(guān)注美國股市。昨天，股市暴跌。道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)下跌1,175點(diǎn)。

That was the biggest one day point drop in market history, and it followed good news that came out on Friday. The January jobs report from the U.S. government indicated that the country added 200,000 jobs last month and that wages grew as well at their fastest pace since 2009.

這是市場(chǎng)歷史上單日跌幅最大的一次，上周五公布的好消息也隨之而來。美國政府1月份的就業(yè)報(bào)告顯示，美國上個(gè)月增加了20萬個(gè)工作崗位，工資也在以2009年以來最快的速度增長(zhǎng)。

So, why would that cause the market to drop more than 660 points on Friday and more than 1,100 yesterday? Fear. Investors are concerned that the higher wages could lead to inflation, when prices go up and money buys less. And that could lead to a faster increase in interest rates, a tool the government uses to control inflation. So, a sell-off began and the Dow dropped.

那么，為什么會(huì)導(dǎo)致市場(chǎng)在周五下跌超過660點(diǎn)，而昨天超過1,100點(diǎn)呢?恐懼。投資者擔(dān)心，工資上漲會(huì)導(dǎo)致通貨膨脹，物價(jià)上漲，貨幣購買減少。這可能導(dǎo)致利率的更快增長(zhǎng)，這是政府用來控制通貨膨脹的工具。于是，拋售開始了，道瓊斯指數(shù)也下跌了.

Analysts say the market is still significantly up overall in the past year and that the U.S. economy is healthy. So, whether this is a correction, a temporary dip in the market or a sign that a bear market is ahead with more stock declines, that remains to be seen.

分析人士說，市場(chǎng)在過去一年里總體上仍有很大的增長(zhǎng)，美國經(jīng)濟(jì)是健康的。因此，這是否是一種修正，是市場(chǎng)的暫時(shí)下跌，還是預(yù)示著熊市即將到來的跡象，股市將繼續(xù)下跌，這仍有待觀察。