Uneven Jobs, High Unemployment Through 2021
Uneven Jobs, High Unemployment Through 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trillions of dollars in cash and loans unleashed by the Federal Reserve and U.S. political leaders in recent weeks is meant to build a financial bridge for the country to get beyond the coronavirus pandemic and restart the economy with little or no long-term damage.

But that mammoth effort is still likely to leave millions of additional Americans unemployed for an extended time, according to new economic forecasts that see the U.S.