Jump in unemployment insurance claims at end of August

Jump in unemployment insurance claims at end of August

There was a large leap in unemployment in Connecticut during the last week of August, according to a report from WalletHub. While unemployment increased across the nation, Connecticut had both the second-highest jump in unemployment insurance claims that week and week-over-week increase in claims out of all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Presently, there are 317 unemployment claims for every 100,000 people in Connecticut’s workforce. Not only is…