BREAKING: Labor Department releases update on jobless claims as economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic lingers

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Layoffs fueled by the coronavirus pandemic continue to mount.
About 2.4 million Americans filed initial unemployment benefit claims last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, as the health and economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus ruptures a growing number of industries.
The article goes on to state the following:
In just nine weeks, 38.6 million have sought jobless benefits that represent the nation’s most reliable gauge of layoffs.
The U.S. Labor Department announced Thursday morning: “Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims. Initial claims were 2,438,000 for the week ending 5/16 (-249,000).
Insured unemployment was 25,073,000 for the week ending 5/9 (+2,525,000).”
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims
Initial claims were 2,438,000 for the week ending 5/16 (-249,000).
Insured unemployment was 25,073,000 for the week ending 5/9 (+2,525,000).https://t.co/ys7Eg5LKAW
— US Labor Department (@USDOL) May 21, 2020
More than 38 million Americans have filed for unemployment over the last 9 weeks. https://t.co/UzUQ6g1i9A pic.twitter.com/YXrE64uhoG
— CNBC (@CNBC) May 21, 2020
2.4 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing total claims to about 38 million over the past nine weeks amid COVID-19 https://t.co/4CP8dy3qTV
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 21, 2020
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