U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS JUMP TO A THREE-MONTH HIGH

Highlights

• The number of US citizens filing for first-time claims for jobless benefits went up to a near three-month high in the last week

• The number of claims for state unemployment benefits went up by 137,000 to seasonally adjusted 853,000 for the last week, which is highest since mid-September

• Majority of economists have stated that in order to bring this number to pre-pandemic levels and a....