马来西亚失业率创12年来最高

Malaysia's unemployment rate is now the highest since the 2008-2009 world financial crisis, at 3.9 percent, as people saw their livelihoods affected by COVID-19 and the movement control order (MCO), said the country’s Department of Statistics.

马来西亚统计部表示，由于人们的生计受到COVID-19和流动控制令(MCO)的影响，马来西亚的失业率目前是2008-2009年世界金融危机以来的最高值，达到3.9%。

In a recent report, the department said the number of unemployed persons in the country increased by 17.1 percent to 610,500 in March, as compared to 521,000 in the same month in 2019.

该部门在最近的一份报告中说，与2019年同期的52.1万人相比，3月份全国失业人数增加了17.1%，达到61.05万人。

Bank Negara Malaysia also attributed the high unemployment rate in March to the pandemic and negative impacts of MCO on the job market.

马来西亚国家银行也将3月份的高失业率，归因于疫情和MCO对就业市场的负面影响。

Meanwhile, Affin Hwang Investment Bank Bhd predicted that the unemployment rate in Malaysia continues to rise in the second quarter, especially in April and May.

与此同时，马来西亚银行与金融业领导者Affin Hwang Investment Bank Bhd预计，马来西亚第二季度的失业率将继续上升，尤其是在4月和5月。

Affin Hwang believed that the rate is likely to stand between 5-6 percent in 2020, much higher than the level of 3.3 percent last year./.

Affin Hwang 预计，2020年全年，这一比率可能都会维持在5-6%之间，远高于去年3.3%的水平。