“The initial effects of the pandemic on employment were actually
uneven across occupations,” says Serdar Birinci, economist at the
St. Louis Fed, adding that service industries saw the largest
effects.
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In the Timely Topics podcast series, economists and other Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis experts talk about their research and current topics in the news. (Views expressed are not necessarily those of the St. Louis Fed or Federal Reserve System.)