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Here's what the crescendo of unemployment sounds like

by Kai Ryssdal and Alli Fam
Jun 24, 2020
Jordan Wirfs-Brock "sonified" data from unemployment claims to give us another way to process historic job losses.
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Jobless claims, now at 33 million, likely undercount people who aren't working due to COVID-19

by Mitchell Hartman
May 7, 2020
Some people haven't applied for unemployment because they don't think they qualify, and others can't get through the application process.
A person fills out an unemployment benefits application in April. For every 100 people who successfully file, an additional 37 workers do not, according to one economist.
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Another 4.4 million Americans have filed unemployment claims

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 23, 2020
Jobless claims have hit 26 million since the COVID-19 crisis started.
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Another 5.2 million Americans have filed unemployment claims

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 16, 2020
In the space of four weeks, about 22 million Americans have filed jobless claims.
A restaurant sits empty in the United Airlines terminal at San Francisco International Airport.
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States hit hardest by rising unemployment claims could soon run low on funds

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 16, 2020
Some states like California, New York and Texas could see their unemployment funds running low.
States struggling the most to keep up with unemployment claims, like Texas, may need to tap new funds soon.
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Roughly 1 in 10 workers have lost their jobs in the past 3 weeks

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 9, 2020
The actual number of Americans out of work or nearly so is almost certainly higher.
With a startling 6.6 million people seeking jobless benefits last week, the United States has reached a grim landmark
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6.6 million more Americans have filed for unemployment

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 9, 2020
This is the second largest number on record.
Jessie Morancy stays home with her nephew, Freddy Preseler, 2 years old, after being laid off from her job at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport. She has applied for unemployment benefits, joining the millions of Americans across the country who have done so.
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A record 6.6 million Americans have filed unemployment claims

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 2, 2020
About 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment over the past two weeks.
Nearly 10 million Americans have filed unemployment claims over the past couple of weeks.
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A record 3.3 million Americans have filed unemployment claims. What does that look like?

by Janet Nguyen
Mar 26, 2020
About 282,000 Americans filed claims the week before.
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The number of new jobless claims looks bad. The reality’s almost certainly worse.

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 26, 2020
The statistics the government uses to measure unemployment are likely underreporting the results of the pandemic.
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