These raw figures on job losses, bad as they are, actually understate the weakness in world labor markets. If you include partially employed workers and discouraged workers who left the US labor force, for example, the unemployment rate is already 16.5%.
上述失业率的初步数据已经够严峻了，可实际上它们还是 低估了 世界劳动力市场的疲软状况。比方说，如果把非全日制雇工和就业意愿丧失者（discouraged workers）也计算在内，美国的失业率就会高达16.5%。各国的货币和财政刺激，大多对缓解失业压力作用寥寥。其结果是，劳动力总和收入——工作岗位数乘以工作小时数乘以每小时平均工资——下降的幅度很大。