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Unemployment declining faster in states that are cutting off $300 enhanced federal benefits, according to WSJ

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The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits is declining at a faster rate in Missouri and 21 other US states that opted out of receiving enhanced federal payments this month, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Under the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that President Joe Biden signed into law in March, weekly federal pandemic compensation of $300 was added to state unemployment checks, with the benefits slated to expire in September.

Republican-led states recently moved to cut off the expanded unemployment aid, decrying its effect on job creators and alleging that the extra details ⇒

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