Jobless <br />Claims Increase, for First Time Since <br />October to 742,000.<br />The jobless claims data was released <br />by the Department of Labor on Thursday.<br />The increase is significantly more than the <br />710,000 claims that economists had predicted.<br />Analysts have expressed <br />concerns that the labor market <br />recovery continues to be unsteady ...<br />... amid what seems to be a new <br />wave of coronavirus infections.<br />Eight months into this crisis, there continues to be tremendous economic uncertainty that’s regularly forcing hundreds of thousands into unemployment, AnnElizabeth Konkel, Economist at <br />Indeed Hiring Lab, via NBC News.<br />Since October, deaths due to COVD-19 <br />have increased by 42 percent.<br />With several federal government <br />assistance programs set to expire soon, <br />analysts are calling for the passage of <br />another economic stimulus package
