Unemployment benefits are not enough to reassure Americans 5
Without a stable income, Nelson is one of tens of millions of Americans facing uncertain livelihoods during the pandemic.
It only took her a few minutes to apply for unemployment benefits online.
`This is unsustainable,` Ms Nelson said.
Louis DeAngelis, 26 years old, is a bartender in Plymouth (New Hampshire).
This amount is not enough to pay the rent, as he will move to a new apartment next month.
People came to submit documents at the New York Department of Labor on March 18.
Many of the millions of Americans are preparing to live on unemployment benefits for the first time in their lives, as retail stores, movie theaters, restaurants and other small businesses close due to the outbreak.
The US Congress is finalizing a bill to increase unemployment benefit payments to $600 per week for people affected by Covid-19.
Even if the bill passes this week, it’s unclear when people will receive the money.
The uncertainty has some newly unemployed Americans increasingly worried.
Unemployment benefits are meant to help workers hold on while they look for new jobs.
According to the W.E.
For some American households with little or no savings, the above amount may not be enough to pay essential bills.
According to studies, black and Hispanic workers, as well as those with a high school degree or less, are more likely to be tired of paying their monthly bills.
`Unfortunately, unemployment benefits may not be enough for some people to pay their bills,` commented Dave Cooper, senior economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
