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新增300万人申请失业救济,美国失业率飙升至大萧条水平

新增300万人申请失业救济,美国失业率飙升至大萧条水平

Lance Lambert 2020-05-19
并非所有声称领取失业救济金的美国人都会被计入官方失业率。

据美国劳工部统计,在截至5月9日的一周内,有超过298万美国人首次申领失业救济。过去8周里失业申请总人数已达到3650万。

当周申请失业救济人数近300万,已连续第六周下降,低于前一周的320万。然而,比起1982年10月流行病爆发前的69.5万人申领失业救济,近300万人的数量还是达到4倍多。之前69.5万人的纪录已连续八周被打破。

过去一周里,康涅狄格州和佐治亚州分别以298680和241387起失业救济申请排名全美前列。

美国劳工统计局公布的失业率为14.7%,这仅是截至4月中旬的数据。此后又有1000万美国人申请失业救济。在最新的就业报告中,1000万人加上之前已失业的2310万人,失业总人数超过3300万。实际失业率高达21.1%,而大萧条时期的失业率最高为25.6%。

不过,并非所有声称领取失业救济金的美国人都会被计入官方失业率,只有失业且在积极寻找新工作的人才能被算作失业者,并同时被算在劳动力人口当中。事实上,很多失业人员都在家等待疫情过去,等居家隔离令解除后再出门找工作。(财富中文网)

译者:Feb

据美国劳工部统计,在截至5月9日的一周内,有超过298万美国人首次申领失业救济。过去8周里失业申请总人数已达到3650万。

当周申请失业救济人数近300万,已连续第六周下降,低于前一周的320万。然而,比起1982年10月流行病爆发前的69.5万人申领失业救济,近300万人的数量还是达到4倍多。之前69.5万人的纪录已连续八周被打破。

过去一周里,康涅狄格州和佐治亚州分别以298680和241387起失业救济申请排名全美前列。

美国劳工统计局公布的失业率为14.7%,这仅是截至4月中旬的数据。此后又有1000万美国人申请失业救济。在最新的就业报告中,1000万人加上之前已失业的2310万人,失业总人数超过3300万。实际失业率高达21.1%,而大萧条时期的失业率最高为25.6%。

不过,并非所有声称领取失业救济金的美国人都会被计入官方失业率,只有失业且在积极寻找新工作的人才能被算作失业者,并同时被算在劳动力人口当中。事实上,很多失业人员都在家等待疫情过去,等居家隔离令解除后再出门找工作。(财富中文网)

译者:Feb

More than 2.98 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims in the week ending May 9, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. That brings the total unemployment claims over the past eight weeks to 36.5 million.

The almost 3 million jobless claims represents the sixth consecutive weekly drop in claims, but were down from 3.2 million the week prior. However, it is still more than four times higher than the previous pre-pandemic record from October 1982 of 695,000 claims. That former record has been topped for eight weeks straight.

Over the past week, Connecticut and Georgia lead the nation with 298,680 and 241,387 claims, respectively.

The 14.7% unemployment rate released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics only represents the period tracked through mid-April. Since then, another 10 million Americans have claimed unemployment benefits. When those 10 million are added to the already 23.1 million unemployed Americans in the latest jobs reports, it brings the total unemployed over 33 million. That would be a real unemployment rate of 21.1%—compared to the Great Depression peak of 25.6%.

But not all of these Americans claiming unemployment benefits will get added into the official unemployment rate: Only out-of-work Americans who are searching for new positions are categorized as unemployed and in the labor force. And many jobless workers are choosing to wait out the virus and stay-at-home order before starting their search.

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