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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOver 3 million new unemployment claims! nt
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Initial jobless claims surged to record 3.3M last week as corona virus takes heavy toll on economy
Layoffs are skyrocketing as the coronavirus upends the U.S. economy.
...
The total was well above the 1.5 million claims economists had forecast, according to the median estimate of those surveyed by Bloomberg.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/03/26/coronavirus-jobless-claims-surge-3-3-m-coronavirus-spreads/5084277002/
Layoffs are skyrocketing as the coronavirus upends the U.S. economy.
...
The total was well above the 1.5 million claims economists had forecast, according to the median estimate of those surveyed by Bloomberg.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/03/26/coronavirus-jobless-claims-surge-3-3-m-coronavirus-spreads/5084277002/
Who is Trump going to blame for this?
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Over 3 million new unemployment claims! nt (Original Post)
procon
Mar 2020
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underpants
(182,769 posts)1. No ones ever seen these kinds of numbers! The best!
Cirque du So-What
(25,927 posts)2. Almost 3.3 million, to be exact
I know that because its the title of a dozen or so threads on the Latest Threads page. Some of them have actual content to accompany the headline.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)3. Did any states not report numbers?
Ohio said they were going to follow Trump's demand and not release numbers.
Anybody else? Did Ohio not report?
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)4. You want to be arrested for leaking classified info? Huh do you.
procon
(15,805 posts)5. On the positive side, Trump can claim the bragging rights
for these new numbers because they have absolutely smashed the previous record of nearly 700,000 from back in 1982.
Good job, Trump!
Baclava
(12,047 posts)6. "My beautiful numbers! I Blame the Chinese! "
Amishman
(5,555 posts)7. and the stock market looks to open higher
going to be a lot of pain to come once it sinks in how much damage has been done and how long it is going to take to safely lift the lockdowns