The numbers: New claims for traditional unemployment benefits continued a slow and steady decline in late June, moving in the right direction, but at a slow pace showing that the labor market is still struggling to recover after the biggest wave of layoffs in the United States history. Initial jobless …
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The numbers: New claims for traditional unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 1.48 million, but remain stubbornly high three months after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, signaling that an incipient economic recovery is likely to be uneven. Initial jobless claims, a rough measure of layoffs, declined in the …
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By Jonathan Lemire and Aamer Madhani | Associated Press PHOENIX – It was not one of its emblematic manifestations in large stadiums. But President Donald Trump has brought something closer to the crowd of political supporters he so longed for when hundreds of young conservatives flocked to a megachurch in …
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