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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Employment drops sharply in the US this month

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4 min read Last Updated : Jul 23 2020 | 9:02 PM IST

The US labor market’s rebound is increasingly at risk after a survey showed employment dropping sharply this month. The number of employed Americans declined by about 6.7 million from mid-June through mid-July, including a 4.1 million plunge from the first to the second week of July, according to the Census Bureau’s weekly Household Pulse Survey published Wednesday.

The figures add to signs of a worsening employment picture as a coronavirus surge across the South and West forces officials to pause or reverse re-openings, while business closings multiply. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

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