Economic Report: Nearly 300,000 U.S. Workers Laid Off In March - 04/24/09

Submitted by Doug Cunningham on April 23, 2009 - 5:14pm
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Economic Report:

More than 299,000 workers were laid off during the month of March, the most on record since 1995. Florida saw the largest increase in jobless claims last week clocking in at 9,303 new claims. Overall 640,000 initial claims for unemployment were filed nationwide last week up 27,000 since the week prior.