Another 2.4 Million People Filed Unemployment Claims Last Week
The number, though, could be higher since it does not include self-employed and gig workers.
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The Wuhan coronavirus pandemic continues its devastation on the American economy as 2.4 Americans filed unemployment claims last week.
Fortunately, the number continues to decline after it hit its peak a few weeks ago.
The Labor Department revised last week’s number down by 294,000 due to a clerical error from Connecticut.
The number, though, could be higher since it does not include self-employed and gig workers. For the first time they have received the ability to file for unemployment:
While those workers don’t appear in the weekly claims number, they show up in data from the states.
“The pandemic unemployment assistance program is giving us a view into a segment of the workforce that’s harmed during a recession that we don’t typically get,” said Dante DeAntonio, an economist at Moody’s Analytics. “It gives us a better handle on the scope of what’s happening.”
Arizona delivered 165,000 checks to people last week. New Jersey processed 135,000 applications in the last two weeks.
But that has also slowed down, but it also depends on the state’s workforce:
Some states recorded large initial surges in claims under the self-employed program that have since subsided. Rhode Island, for instance, began accepting applications earlier than most other states and saw more than 11,000 people apply for the pandemic claims in a single day in April. As of last week, the state reported only hundreds of these claims were filed daily.
States vary in the level of demand they are likely to see based on the composition of their labor force. In California, about 8% of workers get income from self-employment and are likely eligible for pandemic unemployment assistance—nearly double the share in Utah—according to economists Andrew Garin and Dmitri Koustas in a University of Chicago report.
Since mid-March, around 38.6 million Americans have filed claims.
The Congressional Budget Office believes unemployment could hit 16% “in the third quarter if a small business lending program created in a coronavirus stimulus package expires.” The office predicted unemployment will be “as high as 8.6 percent” by the end of 2021.
The buildup after the pandemic might be slow. Places have begun opening up, but businesses might not need as many employees as they did before the outbreak.
I noticed quite a few restaurants have cut down capacity, which means not as many employees. I also found a lot of restaurants decided to close down because the outbreak decimated their revenue.
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Across the country the numbers released tell us that in every state over 2/3rds of death are coming from Congregate living areas. Those facilities (nursing homes, senior care and prisons) are totally locked down. But, the deaths continue.
If shops or restaurants are open or closed it will have Zero impact on 2/3rds of US deaths.
Hear Hear!
But the Nazi-DEMS got to Nazi for their COMMUNIST Chinese pay.
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“The Wuhan coronavirus pandemic continues its devastation on the American economy”
I think that should read –
The governments continue their devastation on the American economy…
I agree with you – this is why 2 months ago, I was working to tell everyone I could that these shutdowns were insane, that they were going to bring about a 2nd Great Depression if we jumped into this. Well, now even Mnuchin acknowledges we’re at 15% unemployment, going to go past 20%, and Goldman Sachs says we’re going to peak at 25% unemployment later this year, which has only been seen at the peak of the Great Depression.
Opening up stops the bleeding, but it doesn’t do anything to bring back any of the lost jobs, that is going to take several years. We gotta get ready to go through an election campaign with unemployment still at about 15%, which is not going to be easy.
They are paying people to stay home… duh.
open us back up and get rid of the free money and it will be 5% by end of year.
Will the Political Class Be Held Liable For What They’ve Done?
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