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US layoffs still high, but so is skepticism on jobless data

by AP Economics Writer
| October 8, 2020 10:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dipped last week to a still-high 840,000, evidence that layoffs remain elevated seven months into the pandemic recession.

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