B | 根据研究，在新冠疫情期间，数百万人因各种原因离开了劳动力市场，包括退休、缺乏儿童保育和对新冠疫情的恐惧等。    Washington, Oct 16 (UNI) US President Joe Biden says British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s controversial tax-cutting program was a mistake.

"I wasn’t the only one that thought it was a mistake," Biden told reporters on Saturday when asked about Truss’s plan. "I disagreed with the policy, but that’s up to Great Britain to make that judgment, not me," the US president added.

Asked whether he was concerned about the strength of the US dollar, Biden said he was not concerned.

"Our economy is strong as hell - the internals of it. Inflation is worldwide. It’s worse off everywhere else than it is in the United States," Biden said, adding that "the problem is the lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries, not so much ours."

On Friday, Kwasi Kwarteng resigned as the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer after reports leaked that he had been fired by Truss over a controversial tax cuts plan for big corporations, which triggered a negative reaction from both markets and the general public.

Kwarteng, who was relieved of his post barely three weeks after his appointment, is now replaced by Jeremy Hunt.

According to The Guardian, on Monday, senior Conservative parliament members will hold a meeting, convened by leading supporters of Rishi Sunak, discussing the prime minister’s future, after Hunt dramatically tore up her economic package. The newspaper said on Saturday that some British parliament members are threatening to publicly call on Truss to stand down over her failed tax-cutting plan.

Last week, Truss promised to reduce public debt amid a flurry of criticism over the government's new plan to support the economy, which includes large-scale tax cuts. After the plan's announcement, the yield on five-year UK government bonds rose to its highest level since 2008, at 4.6%, which meant a decrease in demand for debt securities. Consequently, sterling fell to an all-time low of $1.054 per pound.

UNI/SPUTNIK GNK。8月份劳动力总规模达到1.647亿人，首次超过2020年2月疫情前水平。但该研究作者、斯坦福经济学家戈皮·沙·戈达以及麻省理工学院经济学家埃文·J·索尔塔斯表示，如果没有疫情影响，劳动力总人数预计将增加50万人。若美国持续保持当下新冠感染水平，预计将损失更多劳动力。部分经济学家认为，美国劳动力的缓慢复苏以及对工人的高需求是美国经济面临的主要挑战之一，这限制了雇主提供商品和服务的能力，并加剧了价格压力。专家称，解决这种不平衡对于降低高通胀至关重要。（总台记者 张颖哲）返回搜狐，查看更多责任编辑：