What, no bragging about the employment stats this week 45?

[marmar]

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week rose again last week after four months of falls as the surge in coronavirus cases led states, including California and Texas, to pause the reopening of businesses shuttered to slow the coronavirus’s spread.

The labor department announced on Thursday that 1.4m claims had been received last week, up 109,000 from the previous week. The previous week’s figure was also revised up by 7,000.

The latest proof of Covid 19’s devastating impact on the US job market comes as Congress debates an extension to a $600 a week lifeline for those on benefits that experts argue has kept many in their homes amid a wave of unemployment unseen in decades. ...........(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/23/us-unemployment-july-coronavirus-covid-reopening

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. The next payroll employment report comes out on August 7.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

The Employment Situation for July is scheduled to be released on Friday, August 7, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).