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The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose by 22,000 to 242,000 for the week ending Feb. 22, the Labor Department said Thursday. Analysts projected that 220,000 new applications would be filed.

Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered a proxy for layoffs.

The four-week average, which evens out some of the week-to-week volatility, climbed by 8,500 to 224,000.

Some analysts say they expect layoffs ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency to show up in the report in the coming weeks.

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago

Lol. All in the first MONTH.

Imagine what this country is going to look like 4 years from now.

Thanks conservatives, 3rd party voters, and non-voters. Really pulled a smart one this time.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

If it's really only 22,000 in the first month, that's still much lower than I expected.

I'm sure it'll go higher, but I'm still confused.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 24 points 4 days ago

Gee, I wonder fucking why. Couldn't possibly be all the federal workers getting laid off.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

Are we great again yet?

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 20 points 4 days ago

Such a golden age people no longer have to work right?

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago

Next up for mass firing: the labor department data analysts and communications team.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Don't worry, I'm sure fElon will make unemployment benefits even more efficient, too. Streamline the process by removing benefits from unemployment and those freeloaders will have to be efficient by taking the first underpaying offer given to them. /s

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

The actual efficiency would be UBI, but of course that's never going to be on his agenda

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Is there such a thing as federal unemployment? When ive used it I went through my state

[-] lolola 13 points 4 days ago

What do you think we'll find out if we fuck around and create a huge mass of unemployed people with nothing to lose and a ton of free time on their hands

[-] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago

In a nation slap full of guns with no mental healthcare? Hmm....

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago

Bread lines?

[-] oh_@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Trump did that.

[-] Erasmus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Just wait until the results of the tariffs start hitting and companies begin cutting people to adjust for their ‘bottom lines’

We saw some of that several years ago in Trumps first term but it will be much worse this time as inflation is higher and so are the tariffs.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Gonna be over 1M by the end of this year.

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks, Obama!

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