An additional 1.54 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 6, according to a report published by the US Labor Department on Thursday.
The figure is down slightly on the 1.88 million claims filed in the previous week. Over the past 12 weeks, more than 42 million Americans have applied for unemployment insurance, but some are beginning to return to work.
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