New US jobless benefit claims drop to 1 mn in latest week
- Economy
- AFP
- Published Date: 03:45 | 27 August 2020
- Modified Date: 03:46 | 27 August 2020
One million people made new claims for jobless benefits in the week ended August 22, the Labor Department said on Thursday, a slight improvement from the week prior.
The result was in line with expectations and a decrease of about 100,000 claims from the prior week, however the number of people filing under a special program providing benefits to workers normally ineligible increased by about 82,000 to 607,806 in the latest week.
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