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Massachusetts had 44,660 individuals file an initial claim for standard Unemployment Insurance (UI) from May 31 to June 6, an increase of 17,626 over the previous week. Since March 15, a total of 968,899 initial claims have been filed for UI. At 565,898, continued UI claims decreased by 9,964 or 1.7% over the previous week, the second consecutive week of decline.
There were 20,991, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) initial claims filed for the week ending June 6, 33,290 less than the previous week. Since April 20, 2020, 594,068 claimants have filed for PUA."
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