This was the lowest number of weekly initial claims since the pandemic shut down the US economy. It is the first time in five months that fewer than 1 million have filed for first-time jobless benefits.
Economists say it's encouraging that claims for unemployment are going down because it means people keep returning to work. That said, the persistently high claims numbers also tell us this recovery won't be an easy or quick feat.Continued jobless claims, which count people who have filed for unemployment benefits for a at least two weeks in a row, stood at 15.5 million.This is a developing story.
Almost true...I think you meant when the Democrats shut down the US economy. Can't have President Trump looking that good, can you 🧐
Thanks CNN for using clear language. These are NEW jobless claims.
Yes right to much laying down in this country you should work to the end what happens when the money runs out ?
Based on who’s numbers trump. That under a million number was so important to them FakeNews
Thank you President Trump! A little journalistic integrity goes a long ways!
CNN says what they want and twists the facts just to get people to watch. Its sad really that they have to stoop to this level. Just my opinion.
STILL TOO MANY OUT OF WORK
U mean since democrats shut down US economy 2 hurt TRUMP--they were threatened by HIS Amazing economy They hurt millions of ppl collateral damage Put reporter on trail of real journalism. DID YOU MENTION THE FIRST INDICTMENT OF DURHAM CRIMINAL INVESTGATION OF SPYING ON TRUMP
you think i can finally get in touch with my unemployment office now?
Probably because most of the people are already out of work and drawing unemployment!
At some point, the number goes down because there is no one left to lay off.
I work in the service industry and my hours were cut nearly in half, I haven't been able to find a second job in time and now I'm struggling to make rent for this month. Please help me, my cashapp is $stickyfloss , or please RT to spread ❤️
The bar is on the floor....
Kicked off unemployment.
Wake up, smart white Republicans still thinking about re-electing Trump. The average white Republican farmer, construction worker, factory worker, oil and coal extraction worker is worse off socially and economically since this con artist has been president.
Your fucking forgetting those families aren't gonna get unemployment or financial aid.... Most of those people won't see a dime of help from the american government
Because they have no more compassion coming to them= They can't file or work. It's not good news. How do people not understand this?
You idiots. It is lower than expected. President trump is turning America around from an epidemic he did not create. Please wake up sleepy joe and tell radical Harris to sprout into their expected vitriolic
Worst people in the entire world not working. Sorry this white girl Not Privileged at all and my Black best friend who use to be a Muslim we both are voting for PresidentTrumpIsTheBest. Thank you fake news so sad nothing about JusticeForCannonHinnant . You hypocriticalpigs FU
All right. We’re on the road to recovery!
Fewer people signing up for unemployment, more people at work spreading the virus....ok.
Had to swallow my pride UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT unemploymentbenefits. NOBABYSITTER LOSINGALL HELP ACRYFORHELP
But still way too high a number
The pandemic didn’t shut down anything. Pandemics can’t “do” anything. It is liberal governors and mayors that locked people down and caused the economy to crash. We the people know that and will repay for it in November as a way to “thank” those who did it!
This is not good news. Lol why are we comparing to to other weeks. It is still close to 1M filling for unemployment on top of those who are already on it. That’s what’s really important.
It is still awful
Well, who's left?
I trust no figures coming out of this administration
And this is good news?
i still haven’t gotten my unemployment
It’s because the low amount people receive on regular non-enhanced unemployment is too low to survive on. They know they’ll have to have a job in order to make their bills. So people are going to compete for shit jobs for low wages; a chance to survive economically & risk COVID.
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That’s because that many people dropped off the rolls this week & can’t claim any unemployment benefits! They have reached their states limit of weeks!!
You failed to mention that number is down by 228,000 !
You guys will all have jobs soon... Being slaughtered in another war over taiwan and the south china seas...Vietnam all over again
Lol. Way to spin it as something other that optimistic cnn. You dolts.
God bless America!!!
Blame trump for the progress just like you blame him for all the downfalls.
They know the gov bullshittnn
That's because over 40 million have already filed and are waiting desperately for help. You all really need to stop this numbers crap. We're talking about people suffering.
It’s so low because the $600-week uninsurance payments stopped so now people are going back to work.
Amazing what happens when you don’t pay people to sit a home more than they make at work!
The Democrats shut this economy down...get shit straight!
you forgot to mention CNN CNNPolitics cnni that people have reached the allotment of weeks to file WHICH MEANS THERES WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE, NOW NOT RECEIVING AN INCOME AND ITS ABOUT TO START TURNING COLD SO ADD THE FLU TO 👹trumputins💩 FINANCIAL SCAM. cnni does inter money da
Yes since the pandemic shut down the econmy. realDonaldTrump
Unemployed May US unemployed don't become homeless if Congress can pass the Stimulus Bill. Republicans are to blame entirely for impasse, even their craven Cruz making fun of poor and jobless, his frozen head needs 'massaging' for some semblance of sanity
I don't believe a thing CNN says or prints. They're puppets of the Democrats. Always trying to make President Trump look bad.
How is it CNN is reporting the facts. You usually fake the news.
Why does every headline so far read like this is an accomplishment?
Don't sound so sad CNN. I know you want that number to be much higher!
FAKE NEWS?
THE REASON IS EACH STATE ALTERED THEIR WEBSITE'S OR WAS OFFLINE. MANY DID NOT KNOW THEY COULD CONTINUE TO FILE TO RECEIVE 20.00 A WEEK. THERE ARE NO JOBS LEFT. NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO HIRE AND WITH POLICE DEFUNDING PEOPLE ARE SCARED.
Can't blame everything on the pandemic. There are jobs out there. I work for a company that hired a lot of people during this pandemic.
Just wait, Trump said he will bring jobs back to the USA!!! Wait, he said that 4 yrs ago!!!
There are no benefits to apply for...ya think?
To bad the socialist Democrats worked so hard to make thing look so bad for the republicans
Clever wording --- 'Another 963,000...'
This is still terrible so...
How many were previously filing for unemployment benefits, but can't now because they've expired? Is anyone counting them? They're unemployed with NO benefits.
hooray! everyone's already been fired!
I call bill on everything cnn says , it’s where you lie to help the democrats only the millennials believe the koolaid you been dumping out
Blame the virus for lost jobs oh and the dems for keeping everything closed 🙄.
Wish I could. Would beat working at a place I've numerously reported for unfair treatment and health code violations, but apparently they have the USDOL and health department in their pockets cause nothings come of it over the past 8 years
Uh, this doesn’t mean people are going back to work. It means layoffs have leveled off. Continued unemployment claims remain steady. That means people AREN’T going back to work.
Tell us about newly uninsured, long term uninsured, and how many people can still pay their rent/mortgages.
Because most of America is ALREADY on EDD..Duh..
And I see your followers are a bunch of negatories. No surprise there.
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Our daughter was just denied when she reapplied. Took 3 months to get her first checks. She's a single mom. Now it's our household taking the hit helping her.
WOW cnn announcing something positive for the Trump administration..... Will we hear that on cable news. And what about the peace in middle east that too?
THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP. FastestRecoveryEver
And the fake new got to say something negative.
CNN any comment? Darius Sessoms walked up to his neighbors kids who were riding bikes outside their home, placed a gun to this 5 year old boy’s head & executed him in front of his two sisters for accidentally riding his bike on his lawn. Not a peep from the national media and CNN
Trump 2020 president
Wait your reporting news that actually helps realDonaldTrump 🤔 How did this get past Acosta ?
And Trump doesn't even care, he just makes promises he can't keep.
It’s bc a lot of people are already on unemployment lol
Probably because so many people died.
Access to numbers are not better at the At of the end of July a lot of people actually lost benefits so they're no longer counted doesn't mean they have a job they just can't get unemployment benefits because the Guaranteed extensions only to July 1/2
Here is what CNN CBS NBC BBC FOX NYT don’t want you to see!
Wow lets celebrate this low standard
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Yeah but how many of those jobs are just temp jobs that won't last
Oh whew, the pandemic is finally coming to an end.
Guess we can blame the President.
Could have been much lower if young Americans would have respected social distancing at bars. Instead, governors across the country had to shut down Americans night life rather than allow the lowest at risk group catch a virus that wouldn’t effect them much.
It means we are still bleeding but not as bad...Congress needs to get off their asses and pass a bill to help people bridge past this. Many industries won’t come back until people can safely congregate.
No thanks to you, CNN.
Well, let’s not forget about the MILLIONS ALREADY OUT OF WORK!!! 🙄
Maybe finally everyone has been applying. Everyone already unemployed.
Down to 999,999? Awesome!! Not.
SayHisName
Just think if Hillary won this would not be a big deal. We'd all be unemployed anyway CNN employees make up a good part of the unemployed 🤣 lying news network
Many people realizing they can no longer get paid more than when they were working AND if you’re not +70, severely obese, diabetic, have heart/lung problems or generally unhealthy AF - data vastly shows election infection won’t kill you 🤷♂️
Yeah... because everyone is homeless now.
Meanwhile, a more important number was NOT going down.
So what are the overall numbers not first time filing.
You guys can try and spin it but it’s actually good news and u know it , the economy is rebounding which is bad news for u liberals .
They are forced to work & possibly infect their families to covid19 to keep food on the table. I sure thought this was a democratic hoax going into this but now it is plain to see it was from the lack of doing anything about it to keep Americans alive. How many are dead now?
There's nobody left
Oh wow, well done! Those who didn’t claim are probably dead....ever thought of that?
Yes, because a lot of people had their unemployment cut-off or exhausted by their states. C’mon CNN, you can do better than this!
These numbers aren’t fooling those of us who have a functioning brain......please!!
As soon as this election is the country will reopen. Thanks for our prison sentence Democrats
Maybe bc its so damn hard for people to claim the benefits. Seems some places do it the hardest way possible just to get people to give up on trying.
Initial US unemployment claims: 3/7: 211k 3/14: 282k 3/21: 3.3M 3/28: 6.9M 4/4: 6.6M 4/11: 5.2M 4/18: 4.4M 4/25: 3.9M 5/2: 3.2M 5/9: 2.7M 5/16: 2.4M 5/23: 2.1M 5/30: 1.9M 6/6: 1.6M 6/13: 1.5M 6/20: 1.5M 6/27: 1.4M 7/4: 1.3M 7/11: 1.3M 7/18: 1.4M 7/25: 1.4M 8/1: 1.2M 8/8: 963k
Awww yeah baby! Time to pop open the credit card for some champagne!
It's not just Americans.
Meanwhile in America.... 🙏👽🙏👽🙏👽🙏👽🙏
Wow. How low are we setting the bar when “only” 963,000 new unemployment claims constitute good news
You don't have 'freedom' when they make you close your business and force you to work a job you don't want to work 💀
Okay NEW filings- what about TOTAL filings? This just means 963k more Americans need to deal with this shiiiiit!
Thank you President Trump!
President Trump was right.
So I guess America’s “great again”
yay?
Thank you realDonaldTrump
How many are being their benefits?
Maybe KamalaHarris will claim this is because of BarackObama economy to... PatUnleashed KeithMalinak marklevinshow benshapiro
Fake news. Lol department of labor just posted it fell hahaha
“963,000”😳😬🥺 is considered LOW by whose standards? Have ‘you’ folks numbed yourselves in this manner, when I think numbers like these ARE a ‘wake up call’ instead? What exactly are we missing here folks 👎🏼☹️👀?
🙋🏼 another 480,000 filed for unemployment under PUA
The bill still not sign...America how law makers have forgotten their duty.
Yeah baby TRUMP 2020 all the way!’🚂🇺🇸
Here come all the outraged liberals demanding that unemployment claims be higher and more people DIE!
You let enough people die and this was bound to happen at some point.
Great news but ignored by Biden and Harris propaganda.
Below one millions new unemployment record and Trump so proud that he went and played golf.
You are creating hiperinflación!
Yeah because every is already out of work, shockinggg
Cool stuff out here
Even when it's some good news CNN tries to make it sound bad
Only a million people, great...
Imagine that!!!! Take away $600 a week and people start getting jobs! Any job!
CannonHinnant
That’s because there isn’t many people left to collect
1. Of course right wingers will see this as positive. But let me break down the statistics in a more meaningful way: If you have 100 people, and 20 of them file for unemployment, that's 20%, which is horrific. But that leaves only 80 people who haven't filed. So if the next
“First time” - ok what about all of the folks who have filed and who are still waiting? My friend applied for unemploymentbenefits on March 5 and barely got her first check this week. Yeah, it’s August..
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Just remember it's not the realDonaldTrump fault! DoNothingDemocrats
Yeah because people aren’t being paid an extra $600 a week to stay home! Open the Economy Completely so everyone can go back to work and stop politicizing this PLANDEMIC!
Since China shut down the US economy.....
Needlessly shut down
Duh. You took away the $600 so everyone went back to work. Makes sense. No more stimulus. Tons of jobs out there. Get a job
Trump 2020!
I thought that liar Pence said he and TRE45ON have generated more jobs in the last 3 months than President Obama did in 8 years. They call you fake news, call them what they are: LIARS.
Are there anymore jobs left to lose?
Some will be triggered and upset by the better than expected numbers... 3,2,1...
And the Winning continues.
More proof that Trump is doing a terrible job! WE MUST RIDE WITH BIDEN
CANNON HINNANT. Where is your coverage
How disappointed are CNN and their anchors that the number went down?
The pandemic didn’t shut down anything.
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