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The jobless claims two weeks ago was 3.3 million. Five times the previous record set in 1982.
Last week, that number doubled to 6.6 million.
It took years for that many jobs to be lost during the Great Recession.
The torrent of Americans filing for unemployment insurance skyrocketed last week as more than 6.6 million new claims were filed, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That brings to 10 million the total Americans who filed over the past two weeks.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected 3.1 million for last week, one week after 3.3 million filings in the first wave of what has been a record-shattering swelling of the jobless ranks. The previous week’s total was revised higher by 24,000.
Last week, that number doubled to 6.6 million.
It took years for that many jobs to be lost during the Great Recession.
US weekly jobless claims double to 6.6 million
First-time claims for unemployment insurance had been expected to total 3.1 million, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.
www.cnbc.com
The torrent of Americans filing for unemployment insurance skyrocketed last week as more than 6.6 million new claims were filed, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That brings to 10 million the total Americans who filed over the past two weeks.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected 3.1 million for last week, one week after 3.3 million filings in the first wave of what has been a record-shattering swelling of the jobless ranks. The previous week’s total was revised higher by 24,000.