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The pandemic has slashed ridership of public transportation, forcing operators to consider layoffs and cuts to service. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The number of Americans newly filing unemployment claims ticked up again last week as rising coronavirus cases and a new wave of restrictions on gatherings continue to plague the economy.
There were 885,000 people who filed initial jobless claims for the week ended Dec. 12, marking a 23,000 person increase from the prior week’s upwardly revised figure of 862,000. The four-week moving average of initial claims also rose, totaling 812,500, an increase of 34,250 from the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
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