亚洲消费者主要受益于健康的就业市场和工资水平的上升。雇主不愿意裁员,认为目前市场的暂时停滞并非更大规模经济衰退的开始。尽管出口增长放缓,但新加坡、香港、台湾和韩国等贸易依赖型经济体的失业率却接近记录低点。
'We aren't seeing any major fallout from the broader world, but I wouldn't describe it as booming either,' said Terry O'Connor, chief executive of Courts Asia, an electronics and home-furnishings retailer in Singapore and Malaysia. 'There isn't a jobs crisis here.'
在新加坡和马来西亚均有业务的电子产品和家装产品零售商Courts Asia的首席执行长奥康纳(Terry O'Connor)说,我们没有看到亚洲经济受到全球经济的重大影响,但我也不认为亚洲经济在蓬勃发展;亚洲不存在就业危机。
Nevertheless, the region's employment outlook has cooled. A survey of 450 companies by Singapore recruiters Achieve Group found that two-thirds have frozen hiring for the rest of the year. Six months ago, only half the companies expected to do so. South Korea's low rate of unemployment is deceptive, some economists say. Many older residents, unable to find jobs, have struck out on their own, opening food stands and markets that make little money.
尽管如此,该地区的就业前景已经变得冷清。新加坡人力资源公司Achieve Group对450家企业进行的调查发现,三分之二的企业在今年余下的时间里将不再招聘新员工。而六个月之前,只有50%的企业预计会这么做。一些经济学家说,韩国的低失业率数据具有欺骗性。许多年龄较大且找不到工作的韩国人已经开始自谋生路,比如依靠摆食品摊获得一些微薄的收入。
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