Initial claims for unemployment for regular state programs totaled 1.88 million for the week ended May 30, according to the Labor Department. (This total does not include self-employed or gig workers that are now receiving unemployment under newly passed coronavirus rescue legislation. I'm tracking the state numbers because that let's me do apples to apples […]


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