Job growth expected to slow sharply over the next decade, Labor Department says

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9. 16.3 M unemployed my ass. Then why are 27.0 million claiming benefits according to the DOL?

https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf

The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending August 8 was 27,017,232, a decrease of 1,042,323 from the previous week. There were 1,644,315 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable
week in 2019.

This is the latest information. There's a 2 week lag in the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, which is included in the 27.0 million. That's the program for gig and contract workers, who are not eligible for regular state unemployment benefits.