California unemployment claims jump while US numbers fall
California unemployment claims jump while US numbers fall
California’s battered job market has yet to fully heal from its coronavirus-induced afflictions, as sketched out by a federal report released Thursday that shows unemployment claims remain abnormally high.
Workers in California filed 67,200 initial claims for unemployment benefits for the week ending Oct. 9, an increase of 3,200 from the 64,000 claims filed in the week ending Oct. 2, the U.S.…