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Weekly Unemployment Claims Rise For 1st Time Since Late March

Published June 17, 2021 at 12:33 PM CDT

The number of people who filed for unemployment claims last week rose to 412,000, marking the biggest increase since late March and stopping a downward trend in unemployment filings.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Ali Velshi, MSNBC anchor and economics correspondent, about the rise in unemployment claims.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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