Bags of fruit await residents during a food drive in Waltham, Massachusetts, on April 11. Though the past three months have brought an over 3% decrease in the overall unemployment rate, the black unemployment rate has seen a much slower recovery rate. June jobs report: The US economy created 4.8 million jobs in June. People line up for food assistance in Waltham, Massachusetts, on April 11. In Nevada, where hospitality and tourism are massive drivers of employment and economic activity, workers are scared that they're putting themselves and their families at risk.
Even as states started reopening, and millions of jobs were coming back, more Americans were reported as “discouraged workers” – Americans who are able to work but have given up looking for a job – than in any previous month during the pandemic. An employee of the Food Bank for New York City transports a pallet of groceries on April 14. The successes in the jobs report, however, should provide a source of optimism for all Americans as we look toward the future. Those shutdowns, with Trump's backing, have been partially lifted in many cases. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. While Hispanic Americans had the highest unemployment rate of any racial group over the past three months: hitting 18.9% in April, the Hispanic unemployment rate dropped to 14.5% in June. Gladys Socop helps to bag up food while volunteering at a pop-up food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on April 11. Rent forgiveness and mortgage forbearance programs protected people from being evicted from their homes during the peak of the crisis. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. These numbers do not include claims filed for pandemic unemployment assistance. June’s job report further confirmed that state and local governments are in deep trouble.
As we look ahead, we should be mindful of the work that remains, so that the forgotten Americans are forgotten no more. The number of Americans filing for unemployment at least two weeks in a row rose slightly, to 19.3 million. Americans are facing more uncertainty in the months to come even as the economy is reopening. Only a third of the 22 million Americans who lost their jobs in March and April have returned to work so far. The June numbers come after May's report shocked economists, showing 2.5 million job additions at a time when they were expecting a contraction of 7.5 million jobs.
If it weren't for that issue, the unemployment rate would have been as high as 12.3% in June.
The restaurant pivoted to be a home-meal preparation service in March, reducing its staff by about 60 percent for months, before reengineering its dining room to reopen for service.