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kleinbl00 · 1651 days ago · link · · parent · post: US jobless claims were worse than expected amid slowdown in hiring
If you're not confused you're not paying attention
- The decline in the unemployment rate is likely because of the number of people exhausting their unemployment insurance and exiting the labor force, which of course implies a much higher rate of unemployment (we think up to 3 percentage points) than the official data suggests.
Mine run out in two weeks. There's another add-on approved by who knows who but the eligibility requirements are different. I think I'm technically at 54 weeks unemployed right now.