Nearly 1.2 Million Jobless Claims Filed Last Week As Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Expire

An unemployment application is seen in a box as City of Hialeah employees hand them out to people in front of the John F. Kennedy Library on April 08, 2020 in Hialeah, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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1,186,000 unemployment claims were filed in the week ending on August 1, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.

The report came after $600 extra weekly unemployment benefits from the federal government’s first COVID-19 relief package expired last week.

Negotiations over the next stimulus bill have stalled as Democrats propose to extend the $600 weekly payments while Republicans push to reduce the benefits to $200 a week.

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