The torrent of Americans filing for unemployment insurance skyrocketed last week as more than 6.6 million new claims were filed, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That brings to 10 million the total Americans who filed over the past two weeks.
Economy
16th straight week of first-time unemployment filings totaling at least 1 million
***The filings do include the recent decision by a few governors and mayors to shutter their communities again to help curb the spread of the deadly Coronavirus. Those totals will appear next week. First-time applications MORE
Economy
1.5 million Americans file for unemployment; more than 44 million Americans unemployed
Granted, the number of initial unemployment claims continue to decrease each week, but we have over 44 million Americans unemployed. Another 1.5 million Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted MORE
Economy
2.1 million Americans file jobless claims
First-time jobless claims totaled 2.1 million last week, slightly ahead of the 2.05 million Wall Street estimate. Continuing claims plunged by nearly 4 million to just over 21 million, probably a clearer representation of the MORE