美失業率創二戰後新高

US unemployment rate hits 14.7%
美失業率創二戰後新高

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.
美國勞工部8日稱，由於新冠肺炎疫情重創經濟，4月份美國公司裁員2050萬人，使該國失業率升至14.7%，爲二戰以來最高值。

The leisure and hospitality sector lost 7.7 million jobs, including 5.5 million in restaurants and bars.
休閒和酒店業有770萬人失業，其中餐館和酒吧有550萬人失業。

Retail, professional services and healthcare each lost about 2 million jobs.
零售業、專業服務業和醫療保健業均各有約200萬人失業。

In demographic groups, the unemployment rate for Hispanics rose 12.9 percentage points to 18.9%.
在不同種族羣體中，拉美裔失業率上升12.9個百分點至18.9%。

For whites, blacks and Asians, the unemployment rate increased about 10 percentage points each, the Labor Department said.
勞工部表示，白人、黑人和亞洲人的失業率均各上升了約10個百分點。

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.
政府統計數據顯示，4月，包括未求職者和就業不足者在內的所謂實際失業率飆升至22.8%。