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教皇方济各向意大利社会中的物质主义和个人主义倾向发出挑战，敦促民众为了国家的福祉提升生育率，以应对去年降至15年来最低点的严峻形势。

方济各在最近的演讲中，恳请意大利民众为国家的未来贡献更多生命力。

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Employers added 177,00 jobs in August as the leisure and hospitality sector pulled back sharply from its recent hiring surge, private payroll firm ADP reported on Wednesday.

The number was below estimates of 195,000 and down from the 324,000 reported in July.

"This month's numbers are consistent with the pace of job creation before the pandemic," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "After two years of exceptional gains tied to the recovery, we're moving toward more sustainable growth in pay and employment as the economic effects of the pandemic recede."

The hospitality industry cooled significantly, adding only 30,000 jobs. Education and health services, laggards during the pandemic, added 52,000 while employment in trade, transportation and utilities increased by 45,000.

Wages, meanwhile, rose at an annual rate of 5.9%, the slowest pace since September of 2021.

On Tuesday, in another sign of the labor market cooling, the number of job openings fell to 8.8 million as of the end of July. The number is the lowest since early 2021.

“The labor market is cooling and is taking pressure off policy makers concerned with a second wave of inflation,” said Jeffrey Roach, chief economist at LPL Financial. “Businesses should get some respite as inflation decelerates and the risk of quiet quitting dissipates.”

Meanwhile, the second estimate of gross domestic product came in slightly down to 2.1% on Wednesday from the prior 2.4% annual number based on a decline in exports. That is above the 2% rate seen in the first quarter but well below current estimates of economic growth in the third quarter that are now running at 5.9%.

That is a number that will likely come down as the weeks go by and more fresh data comes in, but it is one that will likely cause some concern at the Federal Reserve as it looks for an economic slowdown to help bring inflation down to the central bank’s 2% annual target.

The Fed meets in late September to consider interest rate policy with most analysts expecting no change, although there is an expectation the Fed could lift rates again in November if the economic data remains too strong.

One key data point will be the jobs report for August, due out on Friday with expectations of a gain of 169,000 jobs in the month.

“It looks like the economy is accelerating,” says Steve Wyett, chief investment strategist at BOK Financial. “Second quarter earnings were down, but not by as much as expected.”

Still, Wyett says the record levels of consumer indebtedness could eventually lead to a pullback.

“I’m a little worried about the consumer,” he says.

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三 | 面对意大利出生率持续下滑至全球垫底水平，并于去年跌至15年来的新低，仅记录了37900例新生儿，方济各在5月10日的家庭友好集会上发出了深切的呼吁。据euronews.com报道，他不仅鼓励意大利家庭增加生育，还倡导实施更多扶持家庭的政策。

“出生人口是衡量一个民族希望的首要指标，”教宗强调，“缺乏儿童和青年，国家就会失去对未来的憧憬。”

方济各认为，当前“自私、消费主义和个人主义”是导致出生率下降的根本原因，并提出了一揽子策略建议，旨在消除不稳定的就业合同、降低购房门槛，以及确保女性无需在母职与职业生涯间作出艰难抉择。

“我们世界的症结并非孩子太多，而是自私、消费主义和个人主义让人们感到满足于自我封闭与不幸福，”他指出，家庭中宠物与物质的堆积正逐步取代孩子的笑声，让许多家庭变成了“满载物品却空洞无童声的悲伤之地，宠物或许不缺，唯独缺少了孩子的欢笑。”

这位87岁的教宗鼓励年轻人怀抱希望，勇往直前。“我理解，在出生率下降、战争、疫情和环境变化的阴影下，未来对你们很多人而言显得动荡不安，保持乐观并不易。但请不要放弃，要心怀信念。”

他还批评了军备和避孕产业，指责这些行业分别破坏与阻碍生命，指出：“一位人口学家分享给我一个惊人的事实：现今最盈利的投资领域竟是军火工业和避孕产品。一方终结生命，另一方则阻止生命诞生……这样的未来何其黯淡。这景象让人痛心疾首。”

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