美國4月失業率躍增至14.7% 2050萬人沒工作
5/8/2020 3:01:36 PM 669
美國4月就業報告充分反映新冠肺炎疫情對就業的殺傷力。非農業就業人數劇減2,050萬人，失業率躍增至14.7%，但都略優於市場預期的減少2,200萬人、16%失業率。經濟學者指出，這可能是疫情衝擊就業的最高峰；預料5月就業人數還將進一步下降，但將比4月溫和。
就業報告各項主要數據如下：
1.2、3月非農業就業人數總共下修21.4萬人。
2.平均時薪月升激升4.7%，遠遠超過市場預估及3月的0.3%升幅；時薪年升7.9%，遠高於市場預估的3.3%，及3月的3.1%升幅。平均每人每周工時為34.2小時，優於預估的33.5小時，與3月持平。專家指出，平均時薪突增，可能是由於大量低薪勞工失業所致。
3.失業率飆升到14.7%，比市場預期的16%稍好，不過預料5月失業率還將進一步上升。勞動參與率大幅下降到60.2%，低於預估的61%及3月時的62.7%，顯示美國民眾找工作的意願並未明顯下降。
The coronavirus pandemic destroyed 20.5 million U.S. jobs in April, driving the unemployment rate to a post Word War Two high of 14.7% as the country faced its biggest economic crisis in almost a century.
The trail of job losses was heaviest at restaurants, retailers and hotels, but every major industry suffered. The health-care sector even lost nearly 1.5 million jobs amid the worst health crisis in American history, according to the Labor Department data released Friday morning.
The unemployment rate leaped to 14.7% from a 50-year low of just 3.5% two months ago, but the share of idled workers is much higher.
If millions of Americans who have been furloughed and expect to return to their jobs are counted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the jobless rate would have almost 5 percentage points higher at nearly 20%.
A broader measure of unemployment that includes discouraged job seekers and other people on the fringes of the labor market skyrocketed to a record 22.8% in April, painting an even grimmer picture.
In seven weeks since the virus shut down much of the U.S. economy, more than 33 million people have applied for unemployment benefits. The numbers are still growing by several million a week.
來源: 經濟日報
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