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Unemployment rates in 43 states set record highs last month as the coronavirus pandemic forced nonessential businesses to close across the nation, according to federal data released Friday.Rates rose in every state and the District of Columbia, compared to March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Similarly, the national unemployment rate soared to 14.7% last month, compared to 4.4% in March and a near 50-year low of 3.5% in February, before the outbreak hit the United States.
Nevada, which was slammed by the shuttering of its extensive casino and tourism industries, had the nation's highest unemployment rate. It skyrocketed to 28.2% last month, up from 6.9% in March and 3.6% in February.
"Nevada is facing record high unemployment and the sheet numbers are difficult to comprehend," said Gov. Steve Sisolak, who allowed certain businesses to reopen earlier this month but kept casinos closed for now.
Michigan and Hawaii had the next highest unemployment rates, at 22.7% and 22.3%, respectively. Data collection problems
The state report, however, was marred by data collection and misclassification issues that affected all states to some degree, the agency said. The response rate was lower than usual because the Census Bureau did not conduct in-person interviews in April, and two call centers were closed because of the pandemic.
Also, a Bureau of Labor Statistics analysis suggests that several million of the 11.5 million people listed as employed, but not at work, should have been considered "unemployed on temporary layoff," which would have increased the national unemployment rate and those for the states.
The problem prompted Connecticut, which was listed as having the lowest unemployment rate at 7.9%, to include a prominent note in its press release that said the federal data must be considered "inaccurate" and "severely underestimated." Instead, the state estimates its true unemployment rate to be around 17.5%.
We don't need a new direction or anything with new leadership? You dont think unemployment benefit well will eventually run dry? How I was raised (and generally as common sense is concerned) if something isn't working and has proven to be a FAILURE, you fix the failure.
I think this is a lesson for the future. Pandemics happen, and we need a system prepared for the next one.
Better medical systems and financial systems.
It should be a lesson why we should operate with a surplus and not a deficit. Disasters happen and we should be prepared for it, not just materially but financially.
WE should pull 50 billion a year from the defense budget buy essential medical supplies. CDC needs to be overhauled. Their performance to a crisis they themselves predicted has been at best dismal. States need to prepare themselves. New York's performance has been horrendous.
States need to be allowed to lock down their borders to protect themselves from states like New York that respond so poorly to epidemics.
Unemployment on steroids is not the answer. That only gives people incentive to stay home even when they are at a minimal risk.
You TDSers were whining that we need to shut the economy down. Than when your wishes were granted, you whine that we are experiencing high unemployment. WTH did you expect
I understand you want to lay the blame on Trump, but that only works on the TDS inflicted. Adults are not 8 year old children that believe everything you tell them. Adults with functional brains are capable of higher thought, critical thinking, etc. That's going to be a huge roadblock for dims in November.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/22/econo...ror/index.html
We don't need a new direction or anything with new leadership? You dont think unemployment benefit well will eventually run dry? How I was raised (and generally as common sense is concerned) if something isn't working and has proven to be a FAILURE, you fix the failure.
Yes, we need a new direction with leadership. Every Democrat governor needs to be voted out along with every Democrat in the House who voted to pass the so-called Heroes Act.
That’s fine. Not everyone is employable. Have you actually tried to get real help at a store lately where you came away confident that you received accurate information? I usually know way more about a product that I am interested in than anyone in a store.
What do you expect, in terms of service, from people making minimum wage?
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