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In March 2024, 3.29 billion U.S. dollars were paid out in unemployment benefits in the United States. This is a decrease from February 2024, when 3.34 billion U.S. dollars were paid in unemployment benefits. The large figures seen at the start of 2020 are largely due to the impact of the Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from March 2020 to March 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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US Department of Labor. (May 1, 2024). Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from March 2020 to March 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/
US Department of Labor. "Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from March 2020 to March 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/
US Department of Labor. (2024). Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from March 2020 to March 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/
US Department of Labor. "Total Monthly Unemployment Insurance Benefits Paid in The United States from March 2020 to March 2024 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/
US Department of Labor, Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from March 2020 to March 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/ (last visited May 08, 2024)
Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from March 2020 to March 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Department of Labor, May 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/