12-26-2020, 09:44 AM
...to the 803,000 Americans who lost their job during Christmas week.
https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf
The total number of continued weeks claimed for benefits in all programs for the week ending December 5 was 20,363,675, a decrease of 283,170 from the previous week. There were 1,757,802 weekly claims filed for benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019.
Total U-6 unemployment (total unemployed plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part-time while seeking full time employment, plus total "discouraged" unemployed) now 12.0%, or nearly one in eight American workers.
Happy Holidays, y'all!
https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf
The total number of continued weeks claimed for benefits in all programs for the week ending December 5 was 20,363,675, a decrease of 283,170 from the previous week. There were 1,757,802 weekly claims filed for benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019.
Total U-6 unemployment (total unemployed plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part-time while seeking full time employment, plus total "discouraged" unemployed) now 12.0%, or nearly one in eight American workers.
Happy Holidays, y'all!
Audaces fortuna iuvat