Unemployment filings way up, despite new jobs
In what likely seems like a paradoxical result, the latest jobs report from the Department of Labor shows that the economy added 244,000 jobs in April but the unemployment rate still jumped from 8.8 percent to 9 percent.
Jul 31, 202063.1K Shares877.5K Views
In what likely seems like a paradoxical result, the latest jobs reportfrom the Department of Labor shows that the economy added 244,000 jobs in April but the unemployment rate still jumped from 8.8 percent to 9 percent.
What explains this odd result? The weekly new unemployment claims skyrocketed the last three weeks to a high of 474,000last week, more than offsetting the new jobs created. So for the time being, we’re getting very mixed signals from the key economic measurements.
Rhyley Carney
Reviewer
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