Trump Adviser: Unemployment Numbers Worst Since Great Depression

Trump Adviser: Unemployment Numbers Worst Since Great Depression
Chairman of White House Council of Economic Advisers Kevin Hassett speaks during an event at the White House in Washington on June 13, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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An economic adviser to President Donald Trump said the unemployment numbers are “startling” and as bad as any the country has seen since the Great Depression.

“The fact is, right now, 30 million people have filed for unemployment insurance, the unemployment rate is probably up around 19 percent. And those numbers are as startling as anything we’ve seen since the Great Depression,” Kevin Hassett, the adviser, told reporters outside the White House on Thursday.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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