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Weekly Unemployment Claims Rise For 1st Time Since Late March

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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