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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 25, 2020, 02:07:11 pm

Title: Jobless claims increase for second consecutive week in troubling sign for recovery
Post by: mystery-ak on November 25, 2020, 02:07:11 pm
Jobless claims increase for second consecutive week in troubling sign for recovery
by Jay Heflin, Business Editor |
 | November 25, 2020 08:49 AM



The number of new applications for unemployment benefits last week increased 30,000 from last week’s claims to 778,000, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, in a troubling sign for the recovery.

Wednesday’s report marks the second consecutive week that unemployment claims increased.

This article will be updated.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jobless-claims-increase-for-second-consecutive-week-in-troubling-sign-for-recovery (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jobless-claims-increase-for-second-consecutive-week-in-troubling-sign-for-recovery)