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COVID & Unemployment

New jobless claims are down, but unemployment benefits are, too

by Mitchell Hartman

Oct 22, 2020

Expiring federal and state relief benefits are taking billions of dollars a week out of the economy.

Tens of millions of Americans are still out of work, and their unemployment benefits are running out.

Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

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