Rather than(而不是；与其…不如) producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs in July, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday. In addition(此外，另外), May and June’s job numbers were revised(修订，修正) downward, showing a combined 103,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.
根据上周五发布的美国劳工统计局数据，美国经济在7月份非但没有创造就业岗位，反而减少了2.3万个。此外，5月和6月的就业数据也被向下修正，合计比此前报告的减少了10.3万个岗位。
As if this weren’t bad enough, wage growth has also slowed(减缓，放慢). Average hourly earnings rose by just 0.1% from June.
仿佛这还不够糟糕，工资增长也在放缓。平均时薪较6月仅上涨了0.1%。
This isn’t just a single month’s slow wage growth, either(也（用于否定句）). Average hourly earnings increased just 3.2% over the past year(在过去一年里) – the lowest annual growth rate in five years.
这也不仅仅是单个月份的工资增长缓慢。过去一年，平均时薪仅增长了3.2%——这是五年来最低的年增长率。