8 States Are Ending Boosted Unemployment This Weekend

Maurie Backman, The Motley Fool
·3 min read

Back in March, when the American Rescue Plan was signed into law, weekly jobless claims were still steadily rolling in, and much of the public was not yet eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine. As such, lawmakers made the decision to put $1,400 stimulus checks into Americans' bank accounts and boost unemployment benefits by $300 a week through early September. In fact, a lot of states are actually having a hard time finding workers to fill open positions.

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