More Americans Need Multiple Jobs to Get By
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🗓️ 30 August 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:15.0 | More Americans say they need multiple jobs just to get by. |
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| 0:50.4 | This is a PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today. |
| 0:56.0 | More and more Americans are taking on second jobs just to make ends meet. |
| 1:06.0 | According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 5.3% of people were working more than one job in July this year. |
| 1:13.2 | That's a notch up from the previous month and a significant increase from the |
| 1:17.7 | pandemic low of 4%. While the economy boasts a growing job market, essentials like rent and insurance are also going up. |
| 1:27.0 | Wall Street Journal National Affairs Correspondent Joe Barrett is here to tell us more about what that means for the average American. |
| 1:33.4 | Hi Joe. |
| 1:34.4 | Hi. |
| 1:35.4 | What are these numbers telling us about the job market right now? |
| 1:38.0 | Well, it means there's more people under stress with inflation. |
| 1:41.5 | They're looking for some way to pick up extra cash, but at the same time it's a little easier to get a second job these days. |
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