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First-time unemployment claims fall to a new pandemic-era low

Name: First-time unemployment claims fall to a new pandemic-era low
Uploaded: 2021-11-04T13:08:32-0400
Duration: 4 min 40 s
Description: First-time jobless claims have fallen to a new pandemic-era low for the fifth straight week, as 269,000 Americans filed for the week ending October 30. Lori Bettinger, co-president of BancAlliance and the former director of the Troubled Asset Relief Program under the Obama administration, joined CBSN to discuss the latest jobs numbers.

First-time jobless claims have fallen to a new pandemic-era low for the fifth straight week, as 269,000 Americans filed for the week ending October 30. Lori Bettinger, co-president of BancAlliance and the former director of the Troubled Asset Relief Program under the Obama administration, joined CBSN to discuss the latest jobs numbers.