(CNN) — Another 712,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the <a href=”https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf” target=”_blank”>Labor Department</a>, as the job market recovery continues to slow.

That was a bit lower in the <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>previous week</a>, which was revised higher.

Meanwhile, 288,701 workers filed