The number of people seeking unemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August and evidence that the resurgent virus has caused a spike in layoffs. The latest figures for jobless claims, issued this morning by the Labor Department, remain at levels never seen until the virus struck. Before the pandemic, weekly
US weekly unemployment claims rise to highest level since August
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