Another 1.5 Million Americans Claimed Unemployment Benefits Last Week

Another 1.5 million Americans claimed unemployment benefits last week. The United States Department of Labor announced that.

Due to the corona crisis, tens of millions of Americans have already used the safety net in recent weeks.

The weekly figure is this time lower than a week earlier when almost 1.9 million benefit applications were still registered.

Economists generally accounted for just under 1.6 million Americans who signed up for government support this week.

Due to the crisis and the measures to combat the virus outbreak, many companies have been closed, and staff are being massively expelled.

The gradual reopening of the economy has led to a drop in weekly aid applications, although these are still very high from a historical perspective.