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Unemployment insurance claims up for the first time in 15 weeks

from Westfair Business Publications

Unemployment insurance claims up for the first time in 15 weeks Westfair Business Publications For the first time in 15 weeks, the number of people filing new claims for unemployment insurance went up. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Labor this morning, initial claims for unemployment benefits in the week ending July 18 rose to 1,416,000, an increase of 109,000 from the previous week's 1,307,000. The latest claims bring the total claims filed during the past 18 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic to 52.6 million. READ MORE

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