Since September, as unemployment has jumped three percentage points, the average work week has shrunk (see chart 2) and hourly wage growth has slowed sharply to 3.1%.

• 从去年九月开始，随着失业率猛增3个百分点，平均每周工作时间已经开始骤降（见表2）并且小时工资增长率已大幅放缓至3.；1%25。