6.6 million file for unemployment.
New unemployment numbers
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6.6 MILLIONAMERICANS FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS LASTWEEK -- AS THE CORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC CONTINUES TOTAKE ITS TOLL ON THE ECONOMY.IT WAS THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBEROF INITIALUNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN U-SHISTORY -- SINCE TRACKINGSTARTED IN 19-67.THE HIGHEST WAS THE PREVIOUSWEEK -- AT 6.8 PERCENT.WORKERS CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROMDEVASTATING JOBLOSSES... FURLOUGHS AND REDUCEDHOURS CONNECTED TOTHE PANDEMIC.ALTOGETHER -- MORE THAN 16MILLION AMERICAN WORKERS HAVEFILED UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN THELAST THREEWEEKS.MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO