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UNEMPLOYMENT FOR ALL! Extension $400 Weekly FPUC PUA & Unemployment Benefits Stimulus NEW UPDATE
Since it’s Thursday, you know we have to talk about the current state of the US economy and unemployment rates across America in this week’s jobs report from our pals over at the Department of Labor.
This week’s jobs report displayed amazing news for the economy, as the actual unemployment figures were way lower than last week, and far exceeded the estimates of the economists from the DOW Jones.
The weekly report showed that 576,000 Americans filed their first-time unemployment claims, which is significantly lower than the previous week’s 769,000 revised initial claims and are also above the 700,000 first time claims predicted by economists.
These figures represent the best week of decreasing initial unemployment claims in 13 months, since March 2020.
Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate explained: “With a huge, better-than-expected decline in new claims for unemployment assistance, at long last the economic recovery appears to be picking up speed.”
This is great news for the US economy and unemployment rate, and I hope that this trend continues downward as we dive deeper…