美失业率创二战后新高
US unemployment rate hits 14.7%
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。
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.
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。
The leisure and hospitality sector lost 7.7 million jobs, including 5.5 million in restaurants and bars.
零售业、专业服务业和医疗保健业均各有约200万人失业。
Retail, professional services and healthcare each lost about 2 million jobs.
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%。
In demographic groups, the unemployment rate for Hispanics rose 12.9 percentage points to 18.9%.
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。
For whites, blacks and Asians, the unemployment rate increased about 10 percentage points each, the Labor Department said.
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%。
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.