The United States Department Of Labor released its weekly unemployment claims figures today, and it’s reported another low number since the start of the COVID19 pandemic, 751,000 initial claims were filed over the last week, 40,000 less than the week before which was revised to 791,000 from 787,000.
The insured unemployment rate also saw its lowest number during the pandemic, a 0.5 percent decrease from a revised 5.8 percent that was initially at 5.7 percent, plus those on insured unemployment fell by 709,000 to 7,756,000 from last week’s 8,465,000 revised by 92,000.