社会失业率 美失业率创二战后新高

美失业率创二战后新高  

US unemployment rate hits 14.7%
US employers cut 20.5 million jobs in April as the coronavirus pandemic hit the economy and sent the unemployment rate to 14.7% – the highest since World War II
the Labor Department reported Friday.
The leisure and hospitality sector lost 7.7 million jobs
including 5.5 million in restaurants and bars.
休闲和酒店业有770万人失业，其中餐馆和酒吧有550万人失业。
Retail
professional services and healthcare each lost about 2 million jobs.
In demographic groups
the unemployment rate for Hispanics rose 12.9 percentage points to 18.9%.
For whites
blacks and Asians
the unemployment rate increased about 10 percentage points each
the Labor Department said.
The so-called real unemployment rate
which includes those not seeking jobs and the under-employed
soared to 22.8% in April
government statistics show.