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May 9, 2024 · Unemployment claims for the week ending May 4 rose by 22,000 to 231,000, up from 209,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Though last week’s claims were the most since the final week of August 2023, it’s still a relatively low number of layoffs and not cause for concern.
May 9, 2024 · Aaron M. Sprecher/AP. New York CNN —. First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose last week to 231,000, the highest level since August, in another sign that the white-hot labor market ...
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Sep 6, 2021 · WASHINGTON — Expanded unemployment benefits that have kept millions of Americans afloat during the pandemic expired on Monday, setting up an abrupt cutoff of assistance to 7.5 million people as...
Mar 6, 2021 · Millions could lose unemployment benefits on March 14 if Congress doesn't pass another relief package. The Senate passed Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. By Melissa Mahtani and...
Sep 6, 2021 · Nearly 18 months after Congress came to the rescue of jobless Americans, its historic expansion of the nation’s unemployment benefits system expired nationwide this weekend. Lawmakers, who ...
Jul 22, 2020 · WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are considering a short-term extension of boosted federal unemployment benefits, just days before the payments are scheduled to expire for millions of Americans....
