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The number of job openings fell to 8.8 million at the end of July, down from the prior month’s revised 9.1 million in a sign that the economy is downshifting, the Labor Department reported on Tuesday.
The drop brings the number about 2.5 million below the 11.4 million available jobs of a year ago.
Openings fell in professional and business services, down 198,000; health care and social assistance, off by 130,000; and state and local government, including education, where the combined losses totaled 129,000. There was a strong increase in information industry jobs, up by 101,000; and in transportation, warehousing and utilities, where openings increased by 75,000.
“Now it is taking a bit longer for jobseekers to find a job,” said Julia Pollak, chief economist for ZipRecruiter. “There’s meaningful slack in the job market, but it is still a historically tight job market. Overall, I still see the U.S. labor market as understaffed.”
The government will report the monthly jobs number for August on Friday with expectations for a gain of about 168,000 jobs.
“Investors should expect a softening labor report this Friday, further cementing the thesis that the Fed is getting close to finishing its tightening cycle,” said Jeffrey Roach, chief economist at LPL Financial.
Meanwhile, the Conference Board’s consumer confidence index for August found a pullback as Americans grew more concerned about rising prices of gasoline and groceries.
The present situation index – a reading of how consumers assess the current economy – fell to 144.8 from 153.0 in July. The expectations index, a forward-looking measure, declined to 80.2 from July’s bump to 88.
“Consumer confidence fell in August 2023, erasing back-to-back increases in June and July,” said Dana Peterson, chief economist at the business organization. “August’s disappointing headline number reflected dips in both the current conditions and expectations indexes. Write-in responses showed that consumers were once again preoccupied with rising prices in general, and for groceries and gasoline in particular.”
“The pullback in consumer confidence was evident across all age groups – and most notable among consumers with household incomes of $100,000 or more, as well as those earning less than $50,000,” Peterson added. “Confidence held relatively steady for consumers with incomes between $50,000 and $99,999.”
Consumers expected higher interest rates to come, while also lowering their assessment of the probability of a recession.
Also Tuesday, home prices rose 0.9% in June, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index. Prices were unchanged on a year-over-year basis.
"U.S. home prices continued to increase in June 2023," said Craig J. Lazzara, Managing Director at S&P DJI. "Our National Composite rose by 0.9% in June, and it now stands only -0.02% below its all time peak from exactly one year ago. Our 10- and 20-City Composites likewise each gained 0.9% in June 2023, and stand -0.5% and -1.2%, respectively, below their June 2022 peaks.”
"As we've noted previously, the recovery in home prices is broadly based,” Lazzara added. “Prices rose in all 20 cities in June, both before and after seasonal adjustment. Over the last 12 months, 10 cities show positive returns. Otherwise said, half the cities in our sample now sit at all-time high prices.
“Today’s market offers buyers the frustrating combination of low inventory and high home prices,” said Realtor.com economic data analyst Hannah Jones. “Many existing homeowners remain on the sidelines of the market, content to stay put as mortgage rates reach 20-year highs.”
“As a result, home shoppers are seeing fewer existing homes for sale and facing more competition for the homes available,” Jones added. “Builders have started to pick up construction activity to fill this gap, but remain cautious as affordability challenges continue to stifle buyer demand.”
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二 | 北京时间1月15日，在联邦贸易委员会（FTC）指控高通公司滥用其市场支配地位的情况下，高通公司与苹果之间的专利许可费纠纷被曝光。高通公司表示，该公司的技术对于iPhone的正常运行至关重要。但苹果认为，每部iPhone 7.50美元的许可费远远超过了高通公司本身的价值。
三 | 据证词显示，2006年，时任苹果首席执行官的史蒂夫•乔布斯（Steve Jobs）并不反对向高通公司支付相当于每部iPhone 7.50美元的许可费。但苹果首席运营官杰夫•威廉姆斯（Jeff Williams）表示，在2012年协议到期时，许可费可能上涨，威胁到苹果的利润，并导致重新谈判。”“高通公司用枪指着我们的头，”他在联邦贸易委员会和高通反垄断案中对美国地区法官露西·科尔说。
四 | 这听起来可能不算多，但我们每年销售数亿部手机，并支付数十亿美元的许可费。”这一许可费是联邦贸易委员会指控高通滥用其在全球智能手机市场的主导地位的关键。高通公司表示，其专利是所有现代高速移动数据网络的基础。授权费已成为高通公司的主要利润来源，使其能够为技术开发提供资金，并帮助高通公司成为业界领先的芯片制造商。FTC和高通公司的客户认为，高通公司的技术只是智能手机对消费者如此具有吸引力的一部分，但它通过向消费者收取过多的费用来欺负他们。高通公司反驳说，该公司的技术是手机的基础，手机的许可费相对较低。高通公司表示，它的技术决定了手机如何有效地访问高速数据，如果没有高速数据，iPhone只是一个昂贵的iPod。高通公司坚持继续向该行业的其他部门提供技术，其实践符合行业规范。与每部iPhone高达793美元的平均价格相比，7.50美元只是一个软膏。但考虑到iPhone的销量，苹果公司要支付累积的许可费。2015年，高通公司的授权收入达到79亿美元的峰值。在最近的一个财政年度，高通公司的授权部门赚了51.6亿美元，当苹果停止支付许可费时，就赚了。
五 | 上一财年，苹果售出2.17亿部iPhone。
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