On Thursday, the United States Department of Labor announced that over 1.3 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims last week.

This report marks the 17th consecutive week of 1-million-plus unemployment claims.

About 51 million people have filed for unemployment benefits since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This doesn’t include the millions of others who’ve finished collecting benefits, given up looking for a job or have reluctantly taken a position far below their prior compensation level just to make ends meet. 

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