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MNI BULLET: U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Jump to 853,000

U.S. weekly jobless claims jumped by 137,000 in the week ending Dec. 5 to 853,000. Continuing claims rose 230,000 to 5,757,000 in the week to Nov. 28. In the week ended Nov. 21, there were 8,555,763 continued weekly claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 4,532,876 continued weekly claims for Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits.

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