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COVID & Unemployment

While still a long way from pre-pandemic days, the job market's making progress

by Mitchell Hartman

Oct 14, 2021

The number of new jobless claims filed last week was the lowest since March of 2020.

A "Now Hiring" sign is posted in the window of a San Francisco FedEx store on Sep. 16. Last week was the first week with fewer than 300,000 initial unemployment claims since March 14, 2020.

Justin Sullivan via Getty Images

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