As more states tell people to stay home and practice social distancing?
More people will stop working…
The American economy is gonna take much longer then the time the virus should level off…
Donald Trump has little control over all of this and his job IS in jeopardy come November..
From shuttered dentists’ offices to deserted clothing stores, the coronavirus claimed American jobs. Blue-collar workers were hit hard as manufacturing employment — a top priority for President Trump — fell by 18,000 and the construction industry let go 29,000 employees.
Hispanic workers suffered an especially sharp increase in their jobless rate last month to 6 percent from 4.4 percent.
The losses were the worst since 2009 and ended the economy’s 113-month streak of job growth, but represented only the first signs of the unprecedented damage being inflicted on the labor market. In the past two weeks, 10 million Americans have filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance, the result of mandatory social distancing that is keeping most people from working normally.
Along with the financial hardship hitting millions of American families, the labor market meltdown is also shredding key elements of Trump’s reelection pitch…..