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Weekly Unemployment Claims:

Weekly employment claims are sharply higher than last week, but the economy has struggled to recover from the effects of the nearly year-long epidemic. The Labor Department reported filings for unemployment insurance for the first time in the week ended Feb. 27, with a seasonally adjusted 745,000, below the Dow …

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Tax hikes, furlough extensions, hockey tone: UK budget forecasts

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shi Sunak, left 10 Downing Street after attending a Cabinet meeting on February 14, 2020. Barcraft Media As British Finance Minister Shi Sunak prepares to determine the country’s economic path to recovery, analysts are agreeing to the possibility of additional tax increases and future fiscal …

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