US unemployment applications reach over 26m as states struggle to keep up
by Dominic Rushe and Amanda Holpuch in New York from on (#52J5S)
An additional 4.4 million Americans filed last week, as losses have wiped out all the job gains made since end of the last recession
An additional 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment last week adding to a total of over 26 million since the coronavirus pandemic shut down swaths of the US and brought its economy to a standstill.
The latest Department of Labor figures show the pace of layoffs appears to have slowed slightly but a backlog of claims mean millions more are likely to file in the coming weeks. States across the country are encountering problems with the sheer number of people applying for unemployment benefits.
off the charts both figuratively and literally pic.twitter.com/Sgq9MfR2oC
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