Breaking: U.S. Weekly Unemployment Claims Fall Slightly, Remain Above 900,000 as COVID Surges

Americans filed 900,000 new unemployment claims last week, a figure slightly lower than expected and a small drop from the week prior as the coronavirus continues to surge nationwide.

Economists had predicted Americans would file 935,000 claims last week, a slight decline from the 965,000 new claims filed one week earlier, when new claims reached their highest number since late August.

U.S. Weekly Unemployment Claims Fall Slightly, Remain Above 900,000 as COVID Surges The figure is slightly lower than expected and a small drop from the week prior as the coronavirus continues to ... READ MORE ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.