Another 1.2 Million Americans Filed Jobless Claims Last Week

Published August 6, 2020 at 12:33 PM CDT

This was the 20th straight week of more than 1 million new jobless claims. But the number did fall slightly from the week before.

We talk to Ali Velshi, MSNBC anchor and economics correspondent, about how to interpret the numbers.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.