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Budi

(15,325 posts) Wed Nov 24, 2021, 02:20 PM Nov 2021

Crisis after crisis! Unemployment drops by 18.6 million from Thanksgiving-2020

The four-week average of initial unemployment claims fell for the eighth consecutive week to 252,250.
Last year, there were 21 million unemployment insurance claims before the Thanksgiving holiday compared to 2.4 million today.

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Well done, Mr President! 👍

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Crisis after crisis! Unemployment drops by 18.6 million from Thanksgiving-2020 (Original Post) Budi Nov 2021 OP

Pres. Biden releases statement on economic news-" This is a historic jobs recovery." LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #1

The last time the #'s were this low, "Sugar Sugar was #1 on the charts. 1969 Budi Nov 2021 #2

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,176 posts)

1. Pres. Biden releases statement on economic news-" This is a historic jobs recovery."

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Wed Nov 24, 2021, 02:28 PM

Nov 2021

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Budi

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2. The last time the #'s were this low, "Sugar Sugar was #1 on the charts. 1969

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Wed Nov 24, 2021, 02:37 PM

Nov 2021

"Not since “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies was the No. 1 single have jobless claims been so low, but your uncles around the table aren’t all gonna believe it."

Carl Quintanilla
@carlquintanilla
* U.S. INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS FELL LAST WEEK TO LOWEST SINCE 1969

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