这种谨慎情绪解释了美国的失业率为何继续攀升，导致大约1,490万美国人失业，8月份失业率为9.7%。

The caution explains why the nation's unemployment rate, 9.7% as of August, continues to climb, leaving some 14.9 million Americans unemployed.

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周五公布的一份调查显示，因收入持续下降、失业率继续攀升，引发悲观情绪不断升级，受此影响，美国消费者情绪恶化，七月初该指数降至了2009年3月以来的低点。

U. S. consumer sentiment deteriorated in early July to the lowest level since March 2009 on increasing pessimism over falling income and and rising unemployment, a survey released on Friday showed.

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