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U.S. jobless claims skyrocket to 3.283 million
By Heidi Chung
More Than 3 Million Americans Lost Their Jobs Last Week. See Your State. (Published 2020)
By Justin Wolfers & Quoctrung Bui
Coronavirus: Jobless claims surge to 3.3M as coronavirus spreads
By Josh Peter, Paul Davidson & Charisse Jones
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Formerly TwitterU.S. Department of Labor
USDOL
We’ve entered a new data-sharing partnership with the Treasury Department to provide states with controls, tools and strategies to counter unemployment insurance fraud.
www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20240502-1
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims
Initial claims were 208,000 for the week ending 4/27, unchanged from the previous week's revised level.
Insured unemployment was 1,774,000 for the week ending 4/20, unchanged from the previous week's revised level.
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Elise Gould
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Job openings fell slightly in March now 3.7 million below their peak 2 years ago. High levels of job openings at the height of the pandemic recovery were driven by faster churn. Job openings are about 75% of their way back to pre-pandemic normal. Strong but not hot labor market. pic.twitter.com/PCzCHVMl1U
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Daniel Zhao
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Initial and continuing unemployment insurance claims were both unchanged in this week's report at 208k and 1.774m respectively. Neither measure suggests a significant change in the trajectory of the job market in the last few months. pic.twitter.com/k9KOKlebQ4
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'It's a Wreck': 3.3 Million File Unemployment Claims as Economy Comes Apart (Published 2020)
By Ben Casselman, Patricia Cohen & Tiffany Hsu
Chart: New unemployment claims soar to 3.3 million, shattering previous records
By Matthew Yglesias & Christina Animashaun
Record 3.3m Americans file for unemployment as the US tries to contain Covid-19
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