In the United States, the additional measures for unemployment insurance, which was a pillar of economic measures for the new coronavirus, will end in 6 days, and it seems that interest will be focused on the impact on the employment situation in the future.
In the United States, in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, an additional measure of unemployment insurance was introduced in March last year, and in many cases, in addition to the usual unemployment insurance, about 250,000 yen a month is paid in Japanese yen. rice field.
As the economy began to recover, the additional measures were completed in all states by the 6th, and the total benefit amounted to more than 430 billion dollars and 47 trillion yen in Japanese yen.
After the spread of the infection, the unemployment rate in the United States temporarily deteriorated to 14.8%, the worst since the statistics started, and the addition of unemployment insurance supported the economy.
On the other hand, after the Biden administration decided to extend the additional measures for half a year in March, labor shortages became serious in industries such as eating out and transportation as the economy recovered, and people were overwhelmed by the extra measures. Some criticized it as preventing it from returning to the labor market.
And the states, led by the governor of the opposition Republican Party, were terminating the additions one after another ahead of schedule.
In the United States, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the central bank, is expected to decide to gradually reduce quantitative easing, which will change monetary policy, by the end of the year while assessing the improvement of employment, and will add unemployment insurance. There is likely to be interest in how the end of the measures will affect the future employment situation.