U.S. weekly jobless claims seen declining further, but millions still unemployed

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Layoffs in the United States are abating, but millions who lost their jobs because of COVID-19 continue to draw unemployment benefits, suggesting the labor market could take years to heal from the pandemic even as businesses resume hiring workers.

FILE PHOTO: Construction workers assemble a scaffold at a job site, as phase one of reopening after lockdown begins, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in New York City, New York, U.S., June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

“The steady retreat in claims is a positive development, but the labor market has suffered a traumatic blow and a full recovery will be measured in years, not weeks or months,” said But claims for jobless benefits would still be more than double their peak during the 2007-09 Great Recession. The report on Thursday is expected to show continuing claims slipped to 20 million in the week ending May 30 from 21.487 million in the prior week. Continuing claims have eased from a record high of 24.912 million in early May.

 

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You can break something easily, but it takes a lot of efforts and time to build/ rebuild anything

Yes that you did it.

Patience

The reasons why Chinese eat bats and everything..

Reuters has to mention the millions unemployed still of course lol. Must be an election close.

BUT.. Reuters sucks...

The economy is heating back up. Better dust off some stories about new covid cases... but be sure to link them to white conservatives going to church and beaches, not to the protesters.

The 'but' wasn't necessary tbh...

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