US jobless claims at nearly 10-million in two weeks
A record 6.65-million people filed jobless claims in the week ended March 28, worse than the most dire estimate in Bloomberg’s survey of economists
02 April 2020 - 15:49
Washington — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits surged for a second week and reached about 10-million over the past two weeks, highlighting the devastating economic effect of the coronavirus as shutdowns widened across the country.
A record 6.65-million people filed jobless claims in the week ended March 28, according to the US labour department figures released on Thursday, as many stores and restaurants were forced to close across the nation to mitigate the Covid-19 crisis. The prior week’s level was also revised up slightly to 3.31-million...
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