Nearly 900,000 people in the U.S. filed new state unemployment claims last week.

American employers continue to shed workers at a staggering rate as a resurgent coronavirus and the absence of new federal aid take a toll on economic growth.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/world/nearly-900000-people-in-the-us-filed-new-state-unemployment-claims-last-week.html