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US weekly jobless claims fall to 837,000 as economic recovery grinds onward
Continuing claims, which track Americans currently receiving unemployment benefits, slid to 11.8 mi…
Ben Winck
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US weekly jobless claims climb to 870,000 as pace of economic recovery slows
Prior-week unemployment numbers were also adjusted higher. The new figure represents a troubling in…
Ben Winck
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US weekly jobless claims decline to 860,000 amid signs of economic recovery
Also encouraging was the fact that the aggregate measure of Americans receiving unemployment benefi…
Ben Winck
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US weekly jobless claims hit 884,000, more filings than economists expected
The aggregate measure of people receiving unemployment benefits also came in higher than economist …
Ben Winck
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The wildest pandemic-era economic indicator has gotten boring. That's a good thing.
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits is near pre-pandemic levels. After 2 years…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz
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US weekly jobless claims defy economists and climb back above 1 million as the labor-market recovery slows
The surprise increase in new unemployment claims followed two consecutive weeks of declines, signal…
Carmen Reinicke
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US weekly jobless claims hit 1.2 million, fewer filings than economists expected
Weekly unemployment claims remain stubbornly high, even as states continue to reopen from pandemic …
Carmen Reinicke
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Boosted unemployment benefits didn't incentivize Americans to stay jobless, Fed study shows — diminishing one of Republicans' key arguments against extra payments
The findings suggest the supplement was meant "to provide the income needed for households to make …
Ben Winck
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US weekly jobless claims hit 1.5 million, higher than economist forecasts
Despite the historically elevated number, Thursday's Labor Department report marked the 12th straig…
Carmen Reinicke
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Nearly one third of people that have gone back to work after being laid off during the coronavirus pandemic have lost their jobs again, study finds
A new study from Cornell University shows that a second wave of coronavirus pandemic layoffs is hap…
Carmen Reinicke
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George Santos was accused of unemployment fraud. The House may vote this week on an unemployment fraud bill that he co-sponsored.
In a wide-ranging indictment, Rep. George Santos was accused of fraudulently receiving more than $2…
Lloyd Lee
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US companies added 749,000 jobs in August, beating economist forecasts, ADP says
The 749,000 job additions beat economist estimates and also exceeded the revised 481,000 reading fo…
Ben Winck
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US weekly jobless claims hit 881,000, fewer filings than economists expected
The aggregate measure of people receiving unemployment benefits also came in lower than economist f…
Carmen Reinicke
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US weekly jobless claims hit 1.9 million, bringing the 11-week total to nearly 43 million
Despite the jarring number, Thursday's report from the Labor Department marked the ninth straight w…
Carmen Reinicke
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Total US unemployment shrinks for the first time since coronavirus layoffs began in March
It is "a positive for the economy as more people are going back to work as states begin the re-open…
Carmen Reinicke
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Economists forecast that an additional 1.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week
"The downward trend is obviously good news, but in the context of an economy that is re-opening it …
Carmen Reinicke
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Half of out-of-work Americans were unable to cover basic expenses in August as the additional unemployment benefit dropped to $300, study finds
A study from Morning Consult found that more unemployed Americans are struggling as the coronavirus…
Carmen Reinicke
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Roughly 5.4 million Americans will struggle to pay bills this month without the extra $600 weekly unemployment benefit, survey finds
"Without additional funding, millions of unemployed Americans are at risk of financial insolvency b…
Carmen Reinicke
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US weekly jobless claims fall below 1 million for the first time since March
While the number of new unemployment filings remains stubbornly high, the figure slipped below 1 mi…
Carmen Reinicke
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US weekly jobless claims hit 2.4 million, bringing the 9-week total to nearly 39 million
"Each week of such high claims is a disaster in its own right," said Ian Shepherdson, chief economi…