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新华社北京8月22日电题：三大台风将如何影响我国新华社记者刘诗平22日18时，位于太平洋上的今年第18号台风“沙德尔”正在向东海方向移动，第19号台风“紫檀”在距离广西东兴市东南方向约65公里的北部湾，第20号台风“简拉维”位于台湾台北市东偏北方向约295公里处。

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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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C | 中央气象台预计，“紫檀”（热带风暴级）将从23日上午起，以每小时5至10公里的速度向东北转偏北方向移动，强度逐渐加强，最强可达到强热带风暴级，并逐渐向广西沿海至广东雷州半岛西侧一带沿海靠近。中央气象台同时预计，“简拉维”（热带风暴级）将以每小时5至10公里的速度向偏西方向缓慢移动，强度先维持，后逐渐减弱，可能24日在福建近海减弱消散。中央气象台22日18时发布台风蓝色预警，预计22日20时至23日20时，东海南部海域和台湾以东洋面部分海域将有8级大风、阵风10级，“紫檀”中心经过的海面风力可达8至10级、阵风10至12级。同时，广西南部、海南岛西南部、广东东部、福建东部和南部、浙江东南部、台湾岛等地部分地区有大到暴雨，其中广西西南部、台湾岛南部等地有大暴雨、局地特大暴雨。中央气象台预计，22日20时至23日20时，广西南部的部分地区发生中小河流洪水的气象风险高，其中广西西南部局地发生中小河流洪水的气象风险很高；水利部和中国气象局预计，广西西南部部分地区发生山洪灾害可能性大，局地发生山洪灾害可能性很大；自然资源部和中国气象局预计，广西南部部分地区发生地质灾害的气象风险高。

D | 气象专家提醒，未来3天，海南、广西、广东、福建等地将有持续性强降雨天气，部分地区累计雨量有一定的极端性，需做好相关防御工作。“沙德尔”（强台风级）目前正以每小时25至30公里的速度向西偏北方向移动，强度逐渐增强。中央气象台首席预报员董林21日在分析“沙德尔”发展趋势时预测，“沙德尔”可能在未来3天达到超强台风级，26日前后将进入东海，此后可能继续向西北方向移动、28至29日前后登陆我国华东沿海，也可能在我国近海转向东北方向移动。目前，气象部门正密切跟踪监测“沙德尔”的发展，中央气象台将及时发布预报预警。