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A further 4.4 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount.
The new applications brought the total number of jobless claims since mid-March to 26.4 million.
That amounts to more than 15% of the US workforce.
However, the most recent data marked the third week that the number of new claims has declined, raising hopes that the worst of the shock may be over.
“While this week’s 4.4 million jobless claims are staggering, there are signs that the pace of layoffs has reached its peak,” said Richard Flynn, UK managing director at financial service firm Charles Schwab.
“The key questions at this point are when can the economy reopen and what happens when it does?”
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Ygraine says
Trump was always bragging about his phenominal record in keeping the economy running and now this: 24m workers jobless in a matter of weeks. Let's hope none of those will vote for him in November and we might just get lucky.
fk osiko says
BBC is a joke; worried about US unemployment; but ignore their own government incompetence to deal with the Virus !!!!!
Greater Mad says
Coronavirus: you want to open up your doors? alright I will come in and have a party :v /
alex abraham says
Why not decline your job if the Stimulus package earns you more than what you get from work. Stay home. Get paid more. A government inflated Job loss
Mr Knowitall says
WE'RE ALL BEING DECEIVED
https://youtu.be/8zOjpUravdI
Life with the Big E says
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Mark Bowden says
BBC deliberately pretending it's all going to cock over there when it's all going to cock HERE.
IN THE UK.
Why don't you give us the UK UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES?
BUNCH OF LIARS COVERING THEIR OWN ASSES.
Toggle Hertz says
The lockdown is causing more trouble than the virus, this is not a solution. But we are to blame for this, we complied waaaaaay to easy with the lockdown without questioning what this would do. Maybe next time we wont be like mindless compiling sheep and question these sort of decisions . When governments tell people it`s for there own good, we should really be careful of this and think