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华盛顿 — 美国劳工部周五公布，新型冠状病毒导致4月失业率飙升至14.7%，这是美国这个全球最大经济体自上世纪30年代大萧条以来遭遇的最大危机。3月的失业率为4.4%。 正如失业率所显示的，在美国1.646亿劳动力中，约有六分之一失业。新冠病毒迫使拥有数千名工人的工厂关闭，小型的夫妻式商店关门，办公室白领阶层失业。 自3月中旬以来，共有3350万人申请失业救济。在过去七周里，每周新申请失业救济的人数都在下降。 申请失业救济的人得到的救助通常不到他们正常工资的一半。但是随着病毒对美国经济的影响不断加强，联邦政府未来四个月将每周向失业工人额外支付600美元。 目前，特朗普总统正在推动重新开放经济，尽管他本周承认，随着更多的人离家返回工作岗位，将会有更多的人感染死亡。 在美国50个州中，至少有43个州已经开始缓慢重开经济，虽然美国新冠病毒死亡人数继续攀升，超过7.56万人，远远超过任何其他国家。一些统计分析说，到8月，美国的死亡人数可能达到13万4千人。 最近几天，一些州长表示，发廊和美甲店可以恢复营业，但工作人员必须戴口罩。一些社区的小商店和餐馆已经重新开张。过去几周，成群结队的人冒险前往大西洋和太平洋沿岸的海滩，许多人无视戴口罩或保持两米社交距离的命令。 一些工厂可能会在5月晚些时候重新开工，但目前尚不清楚，当装配线上的工人相距很近时，制造商打算如何让他们保持安全距离。 但《华盛顿邮报》和益普索调查机构联合开展的一项民意调查显示，大多数被解雇或暂时解雇的员工(77%)表示，随着地方官员放松居家令，他们预计会被前雇主重新聘用。调查显示，近六成受访者认为他们“很有可能”回到原来的工作岗位。 美国一季度经济下滑4.8%。直到3月中旬，这种新冠病毒才真正席卷美国。 经济学家预计，二季度的降幅将大得多，达到20%或更多，但三季度将出现大幅反弹。 然而，一些卫生专家警告说，事实证明新冠病毒在美国的传播比最初预想的更难处理。 他们说，这很容易使人们在未来几个月无法重返工作岗位，危机也不会彻底结束，除非发现新冠病毒疫苗，并让数百万美国人接种。
[size=1.125]WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus crisis has sent U.S. unemployment surging to 14.7%, a level last seen when the country was in the throes of the Depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt was assuring Americans that the only thing to fear was fear itself. [size=1.125]And because of government errors and the particular way the Labor Department measures the job market, the true picture is even worse. By some calculations, the unemployment rate stands at 23.6%, not far from the Depression peak of nearly 25%. [size=1.125]The Labor Department said Friday that 20.5 million jobs vanished in April in the worst monthly loss on record, triggered by the coast-to-coast shutdowns of factories, stores, offices and other businesses. [size=1.125]The breathtaking collapse is certain to intensify the push-pull across the U.S. over how and when to ease stay-at-home restrictions. And it robs President Donald Trump of the ability to point to a strong economy as he runs for reelection. [size=1.125]“The jobs report from hell is here,” said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, “one never seen before and unlikely to be seen again barring another pandemic or meteor hitting the Earth.” [size=1.125]On Wall Street, stocks pushed higher as investors reckoned that the worst of the job losses are over. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 455 points, or close to 2%. [size=1.125]Worldwide, the virus has infected at least 3.9 million people and killed over 270,000, including more than 76,000 in the U.S., according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University based on official data. White House officials announced that Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the second person at the complex known to test postive this week, and said safety protocols were being stepped up. [size=1.125]The unemployment report indicated that the vast majority of those laid off in April — roughly 75% — consider their job loss temporary, a result of businesses that were forced to close suddenly but hope to reopen and recall their staffs. [size=1.125]Whether most of those workers can return anytime soon, though, will be determined by how well policymakers, businesses and the public deal with the health crisis. Economists worry it will take years to recover all the jobs lost. [size=1.125]The meltdown has occurred with startling speed. In February, unemployment was at a more than 50-year low of 3.5%, and the economy had added jobs every month for a record 9 1/2 years. In March, unemployment was 4.4%. [size=1.125]“In just two months the unemployment rate has gone from the lowest rate in 50 years to the highest rate in almost 90 years,” said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial. [size=1.125]Nearly all the job growth achieved during the 11-year recovery from the financial meltdown has now been lost in one month.
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