Another 4.4 Million File For Unemployment Benefits

(graphic via MarketWatch)
The Labor Department reports 4.4 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week marking the fifth straight week of job losses measured in the millions. From MarketWatch:

The spike in unemployment has likely pushed the jobless rate to between 15% and 20%, economists estimate. The only other time in American history when unemployment was that high was in the early stages of the Great Depression almost a century ago.

In less than two months, the pandemic has eliminated all the 23 million jobs created after the 2007-2009 Great Recession.


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