Job losses are moving past lockdown-hit businesses to other sectors that were doing fine for a while.
The economy’s clawing its way back from historic job losses in the spring, but it’s only halfway back to pre-pandemic levels.
Businesses get about $2,000 for every six-month placement they provide for the unemployed.
Employers added 1.4 million jobs, but that’s the fewest since the pandemic began.
In Texas, leaders have already asked some departments to trim their budgets.
The adjustments smooth out predictable changes in employment, but the pandemic economy has broken them.
And 13.3 million people are continuing to receive traditional jobless benefits.
Temporary layoffs are becoming permanent for more furloughed workers.
The moratorium offers the broadest protection yet to renters who are struggling because of COVID-19.
And according to Americans who’ve already lost their jobs, they should be.