Weekly Unemployment Claims Rise, Bucking National Trend
New standard unemployment claims in Massachusetts bounced back up last week after nine straight weeks of decline, even as claims at the national level continued to fall.
Unemployment Claims Up 38K
by James Sanna | May 21, 2020
Another 38,000 Massachusetts residents filed first-time jobless claims for the week ending May 16, bringing the total number of first-time jobless claims filed since March 15 up to just shy of 30 percent of the state’s March workforce.
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