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787K filed for unemployment benefits last week

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Labor Department data show 787,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week.

Refinitiv economists expected 800,000 filings.

Nearly 70 million Americans, representing 40% of the labor force, have filed for unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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