US jobless claims reach 38.6-million since start of lockdown
Clerical errors distort some data
21 May 2020 - 18:28
New York — Millions more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, indicating major job losses are continuing two months after the coronavirus pandemic started shuttering businesses.
Initial jobless say for regular state programmes totalled 2.44-million in the week ended May 16, labour department figures showed Thursday. The prior week’s figure was revised down by 294,000 to 2.69-million after a clerical error by Connecticut labour officials inflated the overall nationwide figure. ..
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