Another 860,000 Americans filed unemployment claims last week, keeping the trend under 900,000 steady for a few weeks.

The number from the week before was revised up to 884,000, meaning claims dropped by 24,000.

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The Labor Department reported the economy added 1.4 million jobs in August and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.4%.

This is a huge drop from July, which saw a 10.2% unemployment rate.

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About 1.434 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week as states issue another shutdown due to spikes in coronavirus cases.

The GDP also crashed to a 32.9% annualized rate, which is the biggest drop on record. Overall, the GDP dropped 9.5% between the first and second quarters.

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The unemployment claims last week went up slightly to 1.416 million.

However, continuing claims decreased. That means the unemployment went down a little bit to 11.1%. You need to remember that these numbers lag behind a week.

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Unemployment claims continue to tumble! The Labor Department’s report states that 1.3 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week, which is down by 10,000 from the previous week.

Continuing claims fell by 737,750 to 17.338 million.

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The Labor Department’s unemployment report shows the unemployment filing numbers continue to decrease as the economy starts to pick up after the coronavirus shutdown.

1.3 million Americans filed last week, which is down by 99,000 from the previous week. The continuing claims fall to 18.06 million, which is a drop...

The U.S. economy is picking up after the coronavirus pandemic!

The June jobs report revealed the economy added 4.8 million jobs while the jobless rate fell to 11.1%

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Fox Business reported that 1.48 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week:

Another 1.48 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, signaling a slow economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdown as layoffs remain historically high, even as many businesses have reopened.

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The Labor Department reported that another 1.5 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week. The same amount filed the week before.

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America saw a decline in unemployment claims and decent jobs report in May.

The Commerce Department revealed another sign the economy is recovering from the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Retail sales hit a record of 17.7% in May.

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The economy is slowly recovering after the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic since 1.5 Americans filed unemployment claims last week.

The numbers have continuously gone down in 10 straight weeks.

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New York Times columnist and Nobel award winning economist Paul Krugman is a well-known sufferer of Trump Derangement Syndrome. When it was revealed on Friday that the jobs numbers were much better than the doomsday media predicted, Krugman floated a conspiracy theory as an explanation.

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That sound you hear is all the jaws dropping to the floor!

The May jobs report came out much better than expected. Unemployment hit 13.3% while payrolls went up by 2.5 million.

April’s unemployment rate was 14.7%.

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About 1.9 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, which is another sign the economy is picking up as businesses reopen.

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The number has gone down, but another 2.1 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week.

Over 40 million people have filed claims in the last ten weeks.

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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.

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The Wuhan coronavirus shutdown continues to affect the economy as another 2.9 million Americans filed for unemployment claims last week.

While the number continues to decrease, it means 35 million Americans have filed claims in the past two months.

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