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US workers file 742,000 new jobless claims as COVID-19 surge continues
nypost ^ | 11/19/2020 | Noah Manskar

Posted on 11/19/2020 6:06:13 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Some 742,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as a surge in coronavirus infections threatened to shut down businesses again, the feds said Thursday.

The latest batch of initial jobless claims brought the seasonally adjusted total filed during the coronavirus pandemic to roughly 68.1 million — equivalent to more than 42 percent of the nation’s workforce.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: claims; covid; jobless; workers
I had no idea a surge of covid make you lose your job? I thought it was the fault of POS governors such as Cuomo and Newsome that shut you down from making money?
1 posted on 11/19/2020 6:06:13 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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Never in the history of the world did a country of such wealth commit economic suicide.


2 posted on 11/19/2020 6:08:05 AM PST by HighSierra5
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Take one off....I start my new job on Monday.

Not to shabby for 78 years old and 6 months past a major surgery.

3 posted on 11/19/2020 6:09:10 AM PST by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

2021 is going to be, um, what’s the word... Oh yeah: Interesting.


4 posted on 11/19/2020 6:11:21 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: spokeshave

Congrats!


5 posted on 11/19/2020 6:11:27 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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Don’t worry we will get that number over a million easily after the next shutdown scheduled for tomorrow.


6 posted on 11/19/2020 6:11:49 AM PST by eyeamok
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I would be curious to know what percentage of that comes from blue States with shutdowns


7 posted on 11/19/2020 6:14:11 AM PST by Ymani Cricket ( "Pressure Makes Diamonds" ~General Patton)
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