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New jobless claims totaled over 2.9M last week, bringing total to 36.5M since mid-March

By Jay Heflin
Published May 14, 2020 12:31pm ET
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New jobless claims totaled over 2.9M last week, bringing total to 36.5M since mid-March
New applications for unemployment benefits totaled over 2.9 million last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists had projected 2.7 million new jobless claims. The number of workers seeking aid remains historically high but has dropped considerably from the nearly 7 million claims that were filed the week ending March 28. Since the economy halted […]

New applications for unemployment benefits totaled over 2.9 million last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Economists had projected 2.7 million new jobless claims.

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