What You Should Know This Week 📰

August 3 - 7, 2020
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We've synthesized what you need to know this week. 

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BREAKING: The July Jobs Report (released this morning) shows the American economy gained 1.8M jobs in the month of July, even amidst the Coronavirus surge. The July numbers fall short of the 4.8M job bump registered in June. The unemployment rate fell from 11.1% in June to 10.2% in July, beating experts’ expectations.

Unemployment Claims Fall: Per the most recent Department of Labor report, 1.2 million unemployment claims were filed last week, a decline from the 1.43 million registered two weeks ago, but remain at historic levels for 20 straight weeks.

Mail-in Ballots Contribute to 6 Week Delay in NY Primaries: On Tuesday, August 4, the New York Board of Elections finally announced the official results of the statewide Democratic primary elections that were held on June 23. The primary elec…