White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hashit predicted that the unemployment rate in the United States could temporarily exceed 20% in the wake of the corona19 pandemic yesterday (10th) local time.

Adviser Hashit said on CBS yesterday that May-June could be the peak of unemployment.

According to U.S. Department of Labor statistics on the 8th, the unemployment rate in April surged from 4.4% to 14.7%, reaching the highest level since World War II.

In addition, non-agricultural jobs decreased by the largest amount of 25 million since the Great Depression in the 1930s, which means that further deterioration is inevitable for the time being.

Advising Hassit in the past seven weeks, the number of claims for new unemployment benefits has surpassed the highest level of 30 million since World War II, and he predicted that the unemployment rate will rise to the Great Depression level of 20% by next month.

"I think jobs will hit a low in May or June," said Aid Hassett. He predicted that the unemployment rate would exceed 20% before the job market stabilized, as millions of Americans per week are still claiming unemployment benefits.

But Mr. Hashett also expressed optimism, saying, "We understand why the economy is slowing, and we expect to be able to reverse it."

"We've earned time with the money we've spent on the economy," said Advocate Hashett, saying he hopes the economy will rebound thanks to the relief funds provided by Congress and the Federal Reserve, such as a payroll protection program to pay employees' salaries for small businesses. I did.

Hessit also said that the Democratic Party is too early to decide, but has opened up the possibility of support, as the Democratic Party demands additional state bills to support state and local governments.

"I think President Donald Trump has signaled the state that he doesn't want bailouts, but he is willing to save some of the unexpected Corona 19 costs," said Aid Hassett.