30 million in 6 weeks: quarantine unemployment in the US continues to break records
23 million Americans filed new jobless claims in the week ending April 3,84, CBS News reported. This brings the total number of Americans who have lost their jobs in the past six weeks to 30 million, a record for the rate of loss of workers ...
Unemployment growth recorded in 80 regions of Russia
In 80 constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the period from 4 to 11 February, an increase in the number of unemployed was recorded. Most strongly, according to the Ministry of Labor of Russia, unemployment grew in the Sakhalin Oblast, the Trans-Baikal Territory, the republics of Karelia, Buryatia and Khakassia. In the Republic of Tyva, Chechnya and the Kirov region, as well as in the Crimea and Sevastopol, the number of unemployed decreased during this period of time. Generally…