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Missouri unemployment claims dipped slightly last week.
The state labor department reported 19,820 claims during the week ending June 6. The week before, there were 20,459 claims. That’s way down from a peak of 101,722 claims during the week ending Apr. 11, but still historically high.
There have been 631,462 claims since coronavirus concerns hit hard in mid-March.
More from The Associated Press:
About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many Americans are still losing their jobs even as the economy appears to be slowly recovering with more businesses partially reopening. The latest figure from the Labor Department marked the 10th straight weekly decline in applications for jobless aid since they peaked in mid-March when the coronavirus hit hard. Still, the pace of layoffs remains historically high. The total number of people who are receiving unemployment aid fell slightly, a sign that some people who were laid off when restaurants, retail chains and small businesses suddenly shut down have been recalled to work.
