澳大利亚在九年中创下出生率最高记录(2/3)

Craig James, an economist at CommSec, said Australia's baby boom appeared to be a result of strong consumer confidence and an unemployment rate of just 5.1 percent. "Unemployment is at a 28-year low, wages are up, confidence is high," James told Wednesday's The Australian newspaper. "People are feeling like it's safe to start a family again." Australia's birth rate had been in steady decline since 1990, dropping to a half-yearly low of around 125,000 births during the April to September period of 2002. Australia's conservative government has tried to boost flagging fertility by offering financial inducements, including a 3,000 dollar (2,324 US dollar) payment to parents introduced on July 1.

一位联邦证券的经济学家克雷格·詹姆斯说澳大利亚婴儿潮似乎是由强大的消费者心理和仅5.1%的失业率造成的。 “失业处于28年中最低，工资上升，信心十足，”詹姆斯周三在澳大利亚报纸上如是说。 “人们对开始一个家庭重新恢复信心。” 自从1990年，澳大利亚的出生率稳步下降，到了2002年4—9月间，半年的新生儿下降到125000。 澳大利亚保守派政府为了提振低迷的出生率，试图通过金融诱因的办法，包括一个3000澳元（2324美元）给在7月1日的准父母们。