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September 11, 2020

Layoffs remain elevated as 884K seek jobless aid

  • The job market's improvement may be weakening after solid gains through spring and most of summer.
    • By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
    AP Economics Writer

    WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week at 884,000, a sign that layoffs remain stuck at a historically high level six months after the viral pandemic flattened the economy.

    The latest figures released by the Labor Department Thursday coincide with other recent evidence that the job market's improvement may be weakening after solid gains through spring and most of summer. The number of people seeking jobless aid each week still far exceeds the number who did so in any week on record before this year.


     
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