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mobeau69

(12,260 posts) Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:32 AM Mar 2020

New Jobless Claims: 3.283 million.

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New Jobless Claims: 3.283 million. (Original Post) mobeau69 Mar 2020 OP

What was the previous record? Was it even 1 million?? Roland99 Mar 2020 #1

More than 4x the previous record. Goodheart Mar 2020 #2

Almost 5X. mobeau69 Mar 2020 #3

WOW Gothmog Mar 2020 #4

K and R Stuart G Mar 2020 #5

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

1. What was the previous record? Was it even 1 million??

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:37 AM

Mar 2020

Found it

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-26/u-s-jobless-claims-surged-to-record-3-28-million-last-week

Initial jobless claims in the week ended March 21 were up from 282,000 in the prior week and more than quadruple the previous record high of 695,000 in 1982, according to Labor Department figures released Thursday. The figures date back to 1967.

Hey. Guess who was President in 1982?

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Goodheart

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2. More than 4x the previous record.

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:38 AM

Mar 2020

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mobeau69

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3. Almost 5X.

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Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:39 AM

Mar 2020

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Gothmog

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4. WOW

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Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:55 AM

Mar 2020

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Stuart G

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5. K and R

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Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:13 AM

Mar 2020

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