Increase in COVID cases holding back employment numbers

Dec 4, 2020 |

Economic activity curtailed by the rising COVID-19 cases moderated the decline of U.S unemployment in November as the rate fell just .1% from October to 6.8%, the Labor Department said on Friday. With nearly 400,000 people making up that .1% drop, the department estimates that 10.7 million Americans are still unemployed, according to the Household Survey Data. […more]

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