More than 3.8 million people in America applied for unemployment between the period of 4/25/2020 and 4/30/2020 according to the Department of Labor. This brings the total of unemployed Americans to a whopping 30.5 million. Although these numbers are historically high, they have been falling for a month now. The week prior, the claims were 600,000 claims higher than the week of 4/25.

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