1.5 MILLION AMERICANS FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: US LABOR DEPT. REPORTS DECLINING JOBLESSNESS IN THE US

Highlights: 
•    Federal government introduced an unemployment benefits scheme for the gig workers and the self-employed. Consequently, more people filed for benefits
•    The unemployment rate in the US is declining steadily 

Last week 1.5 million more workers who were laid off, filed for unemployment benefits. The pandemic has cost lives and jobs and the US has paid t....