新冠疫情导致美国四成低收入劳动者失业_时事

新冠疫情导致美国四成低收入劳动者失业

然而，经济低迷对低收入美国人的影响要严重得多。

Thirty-nine percent of people with a household income below $40,000 lost work over that period, according to the report, an annual survey of US household finances.

这份对美国家庭财务状况的年度调查报告称，这一期间家庭收入在4万美元 Conversely, that was true for just 19% of Americans with a household income between $40,000 and $100,000, according to a Fed spokesperson.

美联储的一名发言人称，相反地，家庭收入在4万美元到10万美元之间的人只有19%失业了。

For those with an income exceeding $100,000, the disparity was even greater: Only 13% lost work.

对于那些收入在10万美元以上的人来说，差异就更明显了：只有13%的人失业了。

This data doesn’t capture the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs since early April.

这一数据并没有涵盖四月初以来失业的数百万美国人。

More than 36 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits over the past two months.

过去两个月以来，超3600万的美国人已经申请了失业救济金。

新冠疫情导致美国四成低收入劳动者失业2 Screenshot from CNBC

The unemployment rate soared to 14.7% in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the highest level since the Great Depression, when the unemployment rate is estimated to have exceeded 20%.