Record-Setting 3.3 Million People Filed For Unemployment

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/03/26/a-record-setting-33-million-people-filed-for-unemployment/?sh=1a5686f27ccf

 A record-setting 3,283,000 people filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending March 21. This represents an unprecedented increase of over 3,001,000 from the previous week’s figures. It’s the highest level of claims in reported history. The huge number of people filing for benefits is above the numbers reported during the financial crisis. In 2009, the week that ended March 28, roughly 665,000 new unemployment claims were filed.