Part of the problem is that companies are more apt to spend their cash on stock buy-backs and acquisitions that increase share prices but not hiring.

部分问题在于公司更倾向于把资金花在股票的回购和收购之上以此来带动股价提升，而不会去雇佣更多的失业人口。

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NEW YORK (AP) — an unexpected increase in the U.S. unemployment rate pushed stock prices down and lifted prices of safer assets Friday.

美股周五开盘走低，美国失业率意外增长，推动股价下跌，投资者转投安全资产。

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If a large group of sellers were to enter the market, this would increase the supply of stock available and would likely push prices lower.

如果一大群卖家想进入市场，这将增加股票的供应并很可能引起价格降低。

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This boosts GDP and employment, and the improved outlook for the economy can increase stock prices even further.

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Dividend-paying stocks can particularly be attractive for retirees since dividends are generally less volatile than stock prices and tend to increase faster than inflation.

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When you look at these wireless companies, this move towards accessing your e-mail, your texts, websites, weather, stock prices, those all increase the average revenue per user that the wireless companies benefit from.

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