WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington, DC, seasonally adjusted unemployment rates have been the highest in the country for the third consecutive month. New data It was released on Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
DC’s unemployment rate reached 6% in July. Donald Trump’s Earlier this year, the government’s Efficiency Bureau. The overall decline in international tourism, a major factor in DC’s revenue, is expected to affect the district’s climbing unemployment rate.
According to state-by-state unemployment, neighboring states saw unemployment rates increased by 3.4% (up from 3.3% to 3.3%) and Virginia increased by 3.6% (up from 3.5%) in July.
Since the start of Trump’s second term, federal workers across the agency have been fired or voluntarily asked to resign from their positions. These actions have led to federal lawsuits by trade unions and advocacy groups.
July, supreme court Despite the loss of vital government services and warnings that hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of work, the Trump administration’s plans have cleared ways to further reduce the federal workforce.
The latest DC Office of Revenue Analysis Figures show that payments to unemployed federal workers are rising beyond the month. In April, the unemployed received an unemployment rate of $2.01 million. By June, that figure had reached $2.57 million.
DC Institute of Fiscal Policy Federal workers layoffs allege that it exacerbates unemployment among black people in D.C. The latest national unemployment rate from BLS is 4.2%. South Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate in July, with 1.9%.
Furthermore, international tourism, the main source of DC, is We are declining. I’m angry Trump’s tariffs and rhetoricand are wary of reports of tourists Arrested at the borderAccording to the World Travel & Tourism Council, some citizens of other countries have chosen to travel other places away from the US, particularly tourists in the UK, Germany and South America.
a I might report The organization predicts international visitor spending will fall to just under $169 billion this year, down from $181 billion in 2024. This is a 22.5% decrease compared to the previous peak.
The latest work numbers will come later Republican President A group of GOP governors also deployed National Guard troops to DC in hopes of reducing crime and boosting immigration enforcement.
City officials say the crime has already fallen in the country’s capital.
