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    Globally, views of foreign direct investment vary depending on type of investment
    People in many countries support foreign companies building factories in their own nation. But fewer support foreign firms buying domestic ones.
    Amid coronavirus outbreak, nearly three-in-ten young people are neither working nor in school
    Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
    Unemployment rate is higher than officially recorded, more so for women and certain other groups
    The official U.S. unemployment rate understated the situation for women, Asian Americans, immigrants and workers without a bachelor’s degree.
    Unemployment rose higher in three months of COVID-19 than it did in two years of the Great Recession
    The experiences of several groups of workers in the COVID-19 outbreak vary notably from how they experienced the Great Recession.
    A majority of Americans say immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want
    About three-quarters of U.S. adults say undocumented immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want.
    Hispanic women, immigrants, young adults, those with less education hit hardest by COVID-19 job losses
    The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
    Majority of Americans who lost a job or wages due to COVID-19 concerned states will reopen too quickly
    68% of those who have lost jobs or taken a pay cut due to COVID-19 are concerned that state governments will lift restrictions too quickly.
    Telework may save U.S. jobs in COVID-19 downturn, especially among college graduates
    90% of the decrease in employment between February and March arose from positions that could not be teleworked.
    Not all unemployed people get unemployment benefits; in some states, very few do
    Despite some broad federal guidelines, claimants still face a hodgepodge of different state rules governing how they can qualify for benefits.
    The financial risk to U.S. business owners posed by COVID-19 outbreak varies by demographic group
    More than four-in-ten U.S. businesses with paid employees are in industries likely to be financially affected more deeply by the outbreak.

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