U.S. employment in March significantly reduced by more than 700,000

The number of employees in the United States in March decreased sharply by more than 700,000 from the previous month. April 4 8:03

In the United States, where the spread of the new coronavirus is widespread, employment statistics were released last month, causing the number of non-agricultural workers to drop significantly by more than 700,000 compared to the previous month. It is the first time in nine and a half years since September 2010 that the number of employees has started to decline.

Employment statistics last month released by the U.S. Department of Labor on the 3rd showed that the number of non-agricultural workers decreased by 701,000 compared to the previous month.

It is the first time in nine and a half years that the number of employees has started to decline since September 2010, when the effects of the Lehman Shock remained.

In the United States, with the rapid increase in the number of people infected with the new coronavirus, measures to regulate going out are taken in various places, and it is shown that movements to suppress employment are widening in a wide range of industries such as restaurants and hotels where sales are drastically reduced. Was.

The unemployment rate worsened by 0.9 points to 4.4%.

However, it was pointed out that the employment statistics this time did not yet reflect the actual situation in a survey conducted until the middle of last month.

In the United States, unemployed people have applied for nearly 10 million new unemployment claims in the past two weeks, the worst level ever.

Some private financial institutions predict that the unemployment rate will jump to around 15%, and it is expected that employment statistics, which are important economic indicators in the United States, will become even more severe in the future.