Posted on 07/08/2021 7:52:21 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
New weekly applications for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department.
In the week ending July 3, the seasonally adjusted number of initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 373,000, rising 2,000 above the previous week’s revised total of 371,000.
Another 99,001 people applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), a program created in March 2020 to expand jobless aid to gig workers, contractors and others who don’t qualify for traditional unemployment benefits. Twenty-six states have pulled out of the program, which expires in September.
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Curious if Joe’s gonna take credit for this. Curious if the media’s gonna give Joe credit for this. Nah not really. I know they won’t. It’s Trump’s fault. Or is it racism?
Hmm, how is that stock market reacting to Joe’s economy?
Cut their freebie checks.
“rose unexpectedly”
Stocks took a big dive the last 2 days.
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