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First time jobless claims are still reaching historic rates

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First time jobless claims are still reaching historic rates

First time jobless claims are still reaching historic rates

Another 787,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis.

This is one day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate β€œwon’t be bullied into passing a bill to increase stimulus checks to $2,000.” CNN’s Christine Romans discusses why the claims are still so high.


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