The number of laid-off workers in the United States who applied for unemployment benefits declined slightly to 1.48 million last week, the twelfth straight drop and a sign that layoffs are slowing but are still at a painfully high level. Homebase, a company that provides scheduling and time-tracking software to small companies, says the proportion of small businesses that have reopened has levelled off. As of Monday, 78 per cent of U.S. small businesses that it tracks were open, little changed from a week earlier. In Florida and Texas, the proportion of small businesses that have closed has actually risen as a result of the resurgent viral outbreaks. She has applied for at least a dozen jobs but has received no responses except an acknowledgement of her application.

Source: CBC News June 25, 2020 13:30 UTC