The Number Of Americans On The Dole Crashes To Less Than 4 Million As Pandemic Benefits End For the first time since early March 2020, less than 300k Americans filed for first time unemployment benefits last week... Source: Bloomberg The number of people on pandemic benefits continues to plunge... As total claims falls back below 4 million for the first time since the pandemic... Who could have guessed that the moment 'free money for sitting on your couch' dries up, people would try and get a job? Tyler Durden Thu, 10/14/2021 - 08:49