Trump administration wants states to zip their lips about soaring unemployment numbers

Unemployment is skyrocketing as entire industries shut down or scale back dramatically in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Unemployment claims rose 30% last week, with 281,000 newly jobless people filing for unemployment insurance. But the numbers that are still to come are going to be much worse. How much worse? Well, the Labor Department is asking states not to give any numbers until the official report comes out, because the financial markets will see and it will be bad. ...
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/3/20/1929350/-Trump-administration-wants-states-to-zip-their-lips-about-soaring-unemployment-numbers