US unemployment rivals Great Depression with 36m jobless
Siobhan Kennedy
Washington Correspondent
The total is more than 36 million – numbers now rivalling the figures of the Great depression in the 1930s.
Nearly three million more people have started claiming unemployment benefits in the United States, taking the total to more than 36 million – numbers now rivalling the figures of the Great depression in the 1930s.
And as President Trump arrives in Pennsylvania, one of the worst hit states economically and a crucial battle ground for the upcoming election, our Washington Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy has travelled to the town of Carlisle to see how people are coping.