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Unemployment Claims Eight Times Higher Than Previous Year

Unemployment Claims Eight Times Higher Than Previous Year

Unemployment Claims Eight Times Higher Than Previous Year

Unemployment claims for the past week have skyrocketed past all of April 2019’s numbers, with around 91,000 claims filed.

Data from the state’s labor department show unemployment claims for the week that ended Tuesday dropped from the previous one, when more than 104,000 workers filed for unemployment.

Governor Mike Parson says Missouri’s labor department is overwhelmed by the number of people calling about questions for unemployment.

The unprecedented numbers are closely linked with the global pandemic hitting the United States at this time.

 

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