Unemployment in January jumped to a 16-year high of 7.6 percent, as 598,000 jobs were slashed from US payrolls in the worst single-month decline since December, 1974.

1月份的失业率飚升至7.6%，创下16年以来的新高，与此同时598000个工作岗位从美国的员工名单中被裁减下来，单月裁员量达到1974年12月以来最严重的程度。