- 32 states had received federal approval to offer an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits as of 12 noon ET on Wednesday.
- About 5.5 million workers are currently receiving unemployment insurance or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance in the states that haven’t yet gotten approval.
- Meanwhile, many eviction protections are gone, an aid program for small businesses ended and jobs are hard to find.
Most states have gotten approval to offer workers at least $300 a week in extra unemployment benefits.
But more than a dozen haven’t — and that leaves millions of workers without additional aid and wondering when, or if, it will come.
The dynamic is playing out at a time when jobs are scarce and financial relief measures, such as housing protections and low-interest loans for small businesses, have expired.
Greg Iacurci | CNBC