What caught my eye today: Unemployment in the United States, exchange rate regimes, and how the pandemic dramatically affects tourism

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Unemployment in the United States dramatically increased between February and April (it has partially recovered since then but remains high). Which jobs were hardest hit?

https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/third-quarter-2020/jobs-hit-hardest-covid-19

“Exchange rate regimes can give nations varying levels of autonomy over monetary policy” (by Maurice Obstfeld). Interesting throughout:

https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/exchange-rate-regimes-can-give-nations-varying-levels-autonomy-over-monetary

The Covid-19 pandemic dramatically affects countries that rely on many tourists from abroad:

https://blogs.imf.org/2020/08/20/tourism-trauma-and-covid-19/

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