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> Also, don't forget that 16 million(!!) Americans are unemployed right now. It's actually worse than that. The 16.8 million figure is for new jobless claims
by ardy42 7y ago
> Also, don't forget that 16 million(!!) Americans are unemployed right now.
It's actually worse than that. The 16.8 million figure is for new jobless claims over the last three weeks [1]. There's additional people who were already unemployed before this, and there may be even more who've lost their jobs but haven't been able to successfully file a unemployment claim yet (due to the systems being overwhelmed).
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/economy/unemployment-claim-numbers-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/economy/unemploy...