#PEUC

There was an armed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol yesterday in which the police were complicit in a way that has everything to do with structural racism. And that is
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This morning DOL released some of the first economic data of the Biden presidency—last week's initial unemployment insurance claims (okay, *half* of last week was in the Biden presidency). What
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Another 1.3 million people applied for UI last week, including 885,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 455,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). 1/ https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf  The
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Re-upping this point as continuing claims are "down" 2.4 million in the week ending 1/2. This drop is artificial and is almost entirely driven by PUA and PEUC claimants lapsing
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Let's talk about the grim reality of this morning's unemployment numbers, because there's a time bomb here and it's ticking down to December 26, 2020. 1/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronaviru
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Last week, 2.4 million workers applied for unemployment benefits. This is the 16th week in a row that unemployment claims have been more than twice the *worst* week of the
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Wow, UI claims rebounded to 1.38 million (948K UI initial claims NSA + 428K PUA claims) last wk after the Thanksgiving lull, worst since Sep!Prior week's drop was likely fluke
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New From @CAPolicyLab:Within 2 weeks, over 1 million Californians are projected to lose UI benefits.This includes 859k individuals currently on PUA + another 208k receiving regular UI benefits.We analyze the
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HELLO. Research released earlier this year sheds new light on why it’s so important to extend the duration of unemployment benefit receipt in all recessions, but especially this one. Let
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stimulus, a thread :unlike other recessions, this one is totally and completely the result of state action. whether those actions were justified, the argument that state intervention is not warranted
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Today is a terrible day that should not have come. Up to 14 million jobless workers will be cut off of federal CARES Act benefits that President Trump has chosen
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Dec employment situation: jobs recovery stalled before end-of-year stimulus and relief measures were enacted. Payroll jobs down 140k (private down 95k) in Dec after 5 months of shrinking job gains;
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We are excited to watch the Live Events & Entertainment industry be represented today in the US Senate commerce committee. We hope to see industry leaders speak up for PUA,
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Last week, total initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims rose for the fourth week straight, from 1.6 million to 1.7 million. Of last week’s 1.7 million, 884,000 applied for regular state
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New @CAPolicyLab Report: Me, @TillvonWachter, @alexbellecon & Geoff Schnorr are back with a new analysis of UI claimants in California.A few takeaways to share, starting with the most dire:Winter is
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New UI Report from @CAPolicyLab(Me, @TillvonWachter, @alexbellecon & Geoff Schnorr)Since March, we've written 8 reports analyzing the UI system + trying to explain how many people are receiving UI benefits.Now
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