https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ne...omy-2020-09-10
“The numbers: The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits through state and federal programs rose in early September for the fourth week in a row,
signaling that a gradual improvement in the labor market during the summer has stalled.
Initial jobless claims filed traditionally through state employment offices were unchanged at a seasonally adjusted 884,000 in the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5 , the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast new claims to fall to 840,000.
Yet new claims rose when including self-employed workers who applied for benefits under a separate federal program. Some 838,916 people filed under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act.”
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