美, 3월 이후 실업수당 청구 역대 최다 3300만건...코로나19로 유럽 경제 충격도 우려<br /><br />The U.S. economy continues to suffer from the coronavirus fallout,... watching its jobless claims soar week-by-week.<br />In Europe, France saw its industrial production plummet in March as the continent slides into an unprecedented financial crisis.<br />Yoon Jung-min reports.<br />Jobless claims continued to swell in the U.S. last week due to COVID-19.<br />The Labor Department said Thursday that new filings for unemployment insurance hit almost 3-point-17 million last week.<br />U.S. media say over 33-million people have lost their jobs during the past seven weeks.<br />That's the highest number of job losses since the Labor Department began collecting data for jobless claims in 1967.<br />In the meantime, 113-year-old luxury department store Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy on Thursday due to mounting debt amid the pandemic.<br />The high-end brand closed its 43 stores,... and most of its 14-thousand workers were put on furlough.<br />"It's really the timing of it is interesting because we're in a very difficult period in our economy. And these stores that have been allowed to stay open for a while, may not have the means to do it anymore."<br />The coronavirus impact is hitting the European economy as well.<br />France has seen its industrial production fall by over 16 percent in March from the previous month.<br />The construction and transportation sectors were hit particularly hard,... but production in the medicine sector jumped over 15 percent.<br />The European Commission has warned of an economic shock not seen since the Great Depression,... saying the Eurozone's GDP could shrink by a record 7-point-7 percent this year.<br />Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.<br />
