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Have States With Lockdown Protests Been Hit Harder By Unemployment?

Thursday’s unemployment numbers — 4.4 million initial claims filed for the week ending April 18, according to the Department of Labor — followed the general trend we’ve seen the past few weeks. After spiking to 6.9 million for the week ending on March 28, the number of new seasonally adjusted claims has gone down each […]

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A Better Way To Think About June’s Jobs Numbers

PUBLISHED 3:10 PM EST | DEC 6, 2017 A Better Way To Think About This Month’s Jobs NumbersThe context you need to understand job growth and unemployment in the U.S., updated every month. By Julia Wolfe Related story: Kevin’s piece – headline TK You’ve probably seen some headlines today about the latest unemployment rate (4.1%) […]

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