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6.6 million more Americans have filed for unemployment

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 9, 2020
This is the second largest number on record.
Jessie Morancy stays home with her nephew, Freddy Preseler, 2 years old, after being laid off from her job at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport. She has applied for unemployment benefits, joining the millions of Americans across the country who have done so.
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A record 6.6 million Americans have filed unemployment claims

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 2, 2020
About 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment over the past two weeks.
Nearly 10 million Americans have filed unemployment claims over the past couple of weeks.
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A record 3.3 million Americans have filed unemployment claims. What does that look like?

by Janet Nguyen
Mar 26, 2020
About 282,000 Americans filed claims the week before.
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The number of new jobless claims looks bad. The reality’s almost certainly worse.

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 26, 2020
The statistics the government uses to measure unemployment are likely underreporting the results of the pandemic.
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What to watch for in Thursday's weekly unemployment claims numbers

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Mar 24, 2020
"If we're believing some of the forecasts coming out from a lot of the banks, we might see numbers in the millions," said Tara Sinclair of George Washington University.
Workers lining up for jobs circa 1950.
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Unemployment claims fell last week -- but there's a catch

by Diane Swonk
Sep 12, 2013
The trend is in the right direction, but the statistic won't dominate in the markets.
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