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Title: UI claims and GDP growth are historically bad

*Author:* Heidi Shierholz

*Source: * The Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

*Date:* July 30, 2020

*Summary:* Last week was the 19th week in a row that unemployment claims have been more than twice the worst week of the Great Recession. If you restrict this comparison just to regular state claims—because we didn’t have PUA in the Great Recession—this is the 19th week in a row that claims are more than 1.25 times the worst week of the Great Recession.

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