例如，他想知道决策者是否应该增加失业救济金。
For example, he wanted to know whether policymakers should raise unemployment benefits.
由于去年的工资减税和增加失业救济金政策截止日期将至，财政政策对GDP增长的影响，此前预计已达1.4个百分点。
Fiscal policy was already on course to knock 1.4 points off growth, as last year's payroll-tax cut and extension to unemployment benefits reach their expiry date.
奥巴马还提议增加就业政策的灵活性，例如，对采取减少工时而不是解雇员工的企业，可将失业救济金用做员工的工资补助。
Mr Obama proposes to increase the programme's flexibility. Benefits could be used to supplement wages at businesses that cut hours rather than lay off workers, for instance.
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