Jobless claims head higher: 898,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits

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For yet another week hundreds of thousands of American workers filed for unemployment benefits.

Americans filed another 898,000 first-time jobless claims last week on a seasonally-adjusted basis, according to the Department of Labor. That's more than economists had expected and up 53,000 from the prior week.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/15/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html?