Trump 'asks states to STOP reporting jobless figures'

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Trump 'asks states to STOP reporting jobless figures' amid huge increase in people out of work as coronavirus shutdown sends US economy into freefall

• Gay Gilbert, from the Department of Labor, allegedly sent an email to states asking them to keep jobless claimant figures under wraps
• National figures will be released each Thursday by Washington, she claimed
• States have seen a huge increase in claims as US nose-dives into recession
• Washington state, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts and Nevada have all started hiring staff to process jobless applications
• Bank of America's chief economist warned the economy is already in recession
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By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline
Published: 05:39 EDT, 20 March 2020

The Trump administration has asked states to bury their unemployment figures as swathes of people sign on to jobless benefits amid the coronavirus shutdown.
Gay Gilbert, from the Department of Labour, allegedly sent an email to states this Wednesday asking them not to publish their own numbers because the data 'is being closely watched by financial markets'.
She insisted that the federal government will publish national figures each Thursday as the crisis plays out amid one of the sharpest economic downturns in history.
Economists have warned that the US is already in recession as businesses are either forcibly shuttered or asked to send workers home in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus, which has overwhelmed health services in countries such as Italy.

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States have been asked to stop reporting unemployment figures and leave that job to the federal government amid a huge increase in jobless claims due to coronavirus (pictured, jobless applicants in New York)

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