WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The number of initial jobless claims in the United States rose for the second week in a row to reach 778,000 last week, as the labor market recovery slowed amid surging COVID-19 cases, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday.
In the week ending Nov. 21, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 30,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of 748,000, the highest level in five weeks, according to a report released by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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