미국 실업률 최고수준 기록
ABC News Headline
Welcome to World News. Tonight, an out of control wildfire 걷잡을 수 없는 산불 is tearing 파괴하다 across one of California’s most popular tourist areas. It is the worst fire day yet. Job cuts 일자리 감축. Employers slash jobs for the sixth month in a row 연속적으로. But it’s even worse than the numbers indicate 나타내다.
And high flying food. Talk about dinner and a show. This is eating as you hang 매달리다 way up 훨씬 높이 in the air. It’s taking fine dining to new heights. From ABC News headquarters, this is World News with Charles Gibson.
미국 실업률 최고수준 기록
The headline numbers read 8.5 million Americans out of work 실직중인, unemployment 실업률, 실직 5.5 %. But economists say the headlines don’t tell the whole story. They don’t count the growing number of Americans like Valerie who now work part-time only because they cannot find a full-time job. “There was a time that my monthly income was $2,000 a month.” And the Labor Department says total unemployment jumps from 5.5% to 9.9%. “That actually right now is a better indicator 지표 of just how weak this job market is.”
Employers are not just cutting jobs, they’re also cutting hours and paychecks 급료<지불 수표>. And the timing couldn’t be worse. While weekly earnings in the past year are up less than 3%, a gallon of gas is up 39%. “Paychecks are decisively 결정적으로 not keeping up with 따라오다 the cost of living.”
“This is Dena, may I help you?” Today’s report also revealed a growing gender 성 divide in this job market. One that’s been worse for men than women. Not surprising perhaps, when you consider that men hold 70% of manufacturing jobs and 88% of construction jobs. Two sectors <사회·산업 등의> 부문, 분야 of the job market that have been hardest hit.