新冠疫情导致美国四成低收入劳动者失业
<p>近日《纽约时报》用整个头版的版面等比例展示了美国近年来的失业率变化情况。曲线图显示，今年四月美国失业人数“飞流直下三千尺”，整个竖版差点放不下。美联储日前公布的调查报告也显示，受疫情影响，二月至四月美国失业率惊人，但是损失最惨重的还是低收入劳动者，失业率高达近40%。</p><p> <span word="Car">Car</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drive">drive</span>-<span word="thru">thru</span> <span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="Square">Square</span> <span word="Food">Food</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="distribution">distribution</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Boulder">Boulder</span> <span word="Station">Station</span> <span word="Hotel">Hotel</span> & <span word="Casino">Casino</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="April">April</span> 29, 2020 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Las">Las</span> <span word="Vegas">Vegas</span>, <span word="Nevada">Nevada</span>. <span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="Square">Square</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="operating">operating</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="distribution">distribution</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="Southern">Southern</span> <span word="Nevada">Nevada</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="assist">assist</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="unemployed">unemployed</span>. (<span word="Photo">Photo</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Becker">Becker</span> / <span word="AFP">AFP</span>)</p><p><span word="Nearly">Nearly</span> 40% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lower">lower</span>-<span word="income">income</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="assault">assault</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Federal">Federal</span> <span word="Reserve">Reserve</span>.</p><p>美国联邦储备委员会称，随着新冠疫情开始对美国经济产生影响，近40%的美国低收入者失去了工作。</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="in">in</span> 5 <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="February">February</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="laid">laid</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="furloughed">furloughed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="March">March</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="April">April</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Fed">Fed</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>.</p><p>根据美联储周四<span word="furlough">furlough</span>[ˈ<span word="f">f</span>ɜː<span word="rlo">rlo</span>ʊ]: <span word="vt">vt</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="downturn">downturn</span> <span word="disproportionately">disproportionately</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="lower">lower</span>-<span word="income">income</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span>.</p>
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