US unemployment rate hits 14.7%

美失业率创二战后新高

US employers cut 20.5 million jobs in April as thecoronavirus pandemic hit the economy and sent theunemployment rate to 14.7% – the highest sinceWorld War II, the Labor Department reported Friday.

美国劳工部8日称，由于新冠肺炎疫情重创经济，4月份美国公司裁员2050万人，使该国失业率升至14.7%，为二战以来最高值。

The leisure and hospitality sector lost 7.7 millionjobs, including 5.5 million in restaurants and bars.

休闲和酒店业有770万人失业，其中餐馆和酒吧有550万人失业。

Retail, professional services and healthcare each lost about 2 million jobs.

零售业、专业服务业和医疗保健业均各有约200万人失业。



In demographic groups, the unemployment rate for Hispanics rose 12.9 percentage points to18.9%.

在不同种族群体中，拉美裔失业率上升12.9个百分点至18.9%。

For whites, blacks and Asians, the unemployment rate increased about 10 percentage pointseach, the Labor Department said.

劳工部表示，白人、黑人和亚洲人的失业率均各上升了约10个百分点。

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.

政府统计数据显示，4月，包括未求职者和就业不足者在内的所谓实际失业率飙升至22.8%。