26-03-2020, 21:00
(This post was last modified: 26-03-2020, 21:03 by St Charles Owl.)
(26-03-2020, 17:59)hibeejim21 Wrote: NEW: Stunning unemployment figures from the United States. 3.3 million registered for unemployment benefits in a single week.
The previous record was 695,000 in a week in 1982.
No surprise with these numbers. Retail, bars and restaurants are shutdown in nearly 50% of the country, virtually all those people are hourly workers who will not get paid if they do not work, so they are now eligible to claim unemployment benefits. A lot of these people will automatically get their jobs back once the restrictions are lifted, but unfortunately some will not.
There are also reports over here that this isn't the true number either as the government are unable to process claims quick enough. They are estimating here in California that the true number just for that one state is over 1m for last week!!