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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 18, 2020, 01:33:15 pm
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More than 1.5 million file new jobless claims in second week of June
By Sylvan Lane - 06/18/20 08:32 AM EDT
More than 1.5 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment insurance in the second week of June, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday.
In the week between June 7 and 13, the total number of seasonally adjusted initial claims for jobless benefits fell to 1,508,000 from a revised total of 1,566,000 in the first week of June.
Roughly 760,526 Americans also filed new claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, an extension of jobless benefits to workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic but do not qualify for standard unemployment insurance. Slightly more than 705,000 workers applied for those benefits in the first week of June.
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https://thehill.com/policy/finance/503340-more-than-15-million-file-new-jobless-claims-in-second-week-of-june
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I like this headline better
1.5M workers claimed jobless benefits last week, marking 11th straight week of declines since mid-March
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1-5-m-workers-claimed-jobless-benefits-last-week (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1-5-m-workers-claimed-jobless-benefits-last-week)
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I like this headline better
1.5M workers claimed jobless benefits last week, marking 11th straight week of declines since mid-March
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1-5-m-workers-claimed-jobless-benefits-last-week (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1-5-m-workers-claimed-jobless-benefits-last-week)
The left has become masters of creating misleading headlines to further their agenda.