商业周刊:2050万美国人失业预示着更多的痛苦即将来临(4)

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Harder Hit

更严重的打击

The crisis hit harder for demographics including women and minorities,

这场危机对包括妇女和少数民族在内的人口结构造成了更大的冲击，

after they had benefited from the previous tightening¹ of the labor² market.

此前她们从劳动力市场的紧缩中获益。

The jobless rate among women jumped to 15.5% from 4%, compared with a 9-point increase among men, to 13%.

女性失业率从4%升至15.5%，而男性失业率从9%升至13%。在黑人和非裔美国人中，失业率为16.7%；

Among black and African Americans, the unemployment rate was 16.7%; it was 18.9% for Hispanics and Latinos, up from record lows in 2019.

西班牙裔和拉美裔人的失业率为18.9%，高于2019年创纪录的低点。

How fast hiring resumes is critical to the strength of the overall recovery.

招聘恢复的速度对整体经济复苏的力度至关重要。

Already, Uber Technologies Inc., Boeing Co. and U.S. Steel Corp. have announced sweeping³ layoffs⁴,

优步科技、波音和美国钢铁公司已经宣布全面裁员，

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a sign companies are banking⁵ on a slow resumption of growth.

这表明这些企业依靠缓慢的恢复增长。

The resulting job insecurity will undoubtedly⁶ merge⁷ with health concerns to restrain consumer demand, no matter how soon businesses restart.

无论企业的重启速度如何快，由此产生的就业不安全，无疑将与健康问题相结合，而抑制消费者的需求。

Economists⁸ expect it to take time for employment to recover, even if the pandemic eases.

经济学家预计，即使疫情缓解，恢复就业仍然需要时间。

Policy makers⁹ are also advising caution: San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly told Bloomberg Television on Thursday:

政策制定者也建议谨慎行事：旧金山联邦储备银行总裁玛丽·戴莉周四对彭博电视台表示：

"No one who I talk to is looking at a V-shaped recovery

“我与之交谈的任何人，都没看到V型复苏。

-- they really think this will be gradual and it will take time to build confidence back up for both workers and consumers."

他们真的认为这将会渐进性发生，工人和消费者重建信心是需要时间的。”