Washington (AP) – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Washington, DC, was the highest in the nation in the third month in a row, according to recent data published on Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The unemployment rate of DC reached 6%in July, a reflection of the mass decisions of federal workers who were initiated by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency at the beginning of this year. A general decline in international tourism – which is a main driver of DC income, is also expected that it will affect the unemployment rate in the district’s district.
According to the neighboring countries, an enhance in unemployment odds maryland (compared to 3.3%) and Virginia rose at 3.6% (compared to 3.5%) in July.
Since the beginning of the second term of Trump, federal employees have either been released or asked to resign from their positions voluntarily in all government agencies. These measures have raised legal disputes in the federal government of unions and representative groups in the entire federal government.
In July, the Supreme Court plans the way for the Trump administration to further reduce the federal workforce, although the warnings that critical state services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will no longer be in their jobs.
The recent figures for sales analysis in DC show that payments to unemployed federal employees have increased the month against the month. In April, unemployed workers received 2.01 million US dollars of unemployment. This number reached 2.57 million US dollars by June.
The DC Fiscal Policy Institute argues that the displacements of the federal employee are tightened by the black and white unemployment rate of DC. The latest nationwide unemployment rate according to BLS is 4.2% – South Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate in July at 1.9%.
In addition, international tourism, an crucial source of DC, is falling in the USA. Anyened by Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric and alarmed by reports on tourists who are arrested on the border, some citizens of other countries stay away from the United States and, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.
In a report from the organization, it can be seen that international visitor expenditure for the United States is expected to fall back to just under 169 billion US dollars this year, which corresponds to a decline of $ 181 billion in 2024 compared to the previous climax.
The most recent jobs arise after the Republican President and a group of GOP governors have used National Guard for DC to reduce the crimes and enhance the enforcement of immigration.
According to city officials, the crime already falls into the capital of the nation.
