California is again processing and reporting claims and has done the reporting retroactively. Whether the public announcement in California of a pause in processing discouraged the filing of claims during the pause is unclear, however.
The national data are depicted below:
We have noted in prior posts of allegations of fraud in California's program. As if to underscore the problem, a recent article in the LA Times notes that a rapper wrote/sang a song called "EDD" (California Employment Development Dept. which runs the unemployment benefits system) about defrauding the system. He was then arrested for doing just that.*
All in all, sluggishness seems to describe both the California and U.S. recovery.
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