MNI: US DATA: JOBLESS CLAIMS AT 2.1M IN MAY 23.......>

MNI: US DATA: JOBLESS CLAIMS AT 2.1M IN MAY 23 WEEK

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-US JOBLESS CLAIMS AT 2.1M IN MAY 23 WK; 2.1M EXPECTED

-US INIT CLAIMS 4-WEEK AVG 2.6M IN MAY 23 WEEK

-US NSA JOBLES CLAIMS AT 1.9M IN MAY 23 WEEK

-US INIT CLAIMS REV TO 2.45M IN MAY 16 WEEK (PREV 2.44M)

-US CONTINUING CLAIMS 21M IN MAY 16 WK; 19M NSA

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U.S. weekly jobless claims filed through May 23 reached 2.1 million after

climbing to 2.4 million through May 16 in the Labor Department's weekly

unemployment insurance report. Continuing claims, counting unemployed workers

who have received at least one week of benefits, slowed to 21 million after

reaching an all-time high of 25 million last week. Filings for Pandemic

Unemployment Assistance, a program established as part of the CARES Act, reached

1.2 million for the week ending May 23. PUA claims through May 16 were revised

down to 1.2 million from 2.2 million, correcting a reporting error.