//Unemployment claims are falling. But 1.3 million still applied for assistance last week

Unemployment claims are falling. But 1.3 million still applied for assistance last week

Millions of American jobs have come back since the great lockdown in March and April, but <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/economy/june-2020-jobs-report-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>millions of workers still need government benefits</a> to make ends meet.

Another 1.3 million people filed first-time claims for unemployment aid on a seasonally-adjusted basis last week, according to the <a href=”https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf”