Another 2.1 million file unemployment claims

Another 2.1 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week.

More than 40 million Americans have filed for first-time unemployment benefits since the US economy shut down for the pandemic.

All together that means that nearly one in four Americans have filed for unemployment benefits since March.

The hospitality industry accounted for the bulk of jobs lost in April, according to the Department of Labor.

The next unemployment report covering the month of May is expected to show a jobless rate of nearly 20%.

That's a significant jump from April's figure of just under 15%.

As for Nebraska, nearly 5,900 residents applied for unemployment benefits last week. The new numbers bring the total number of claims in the state to 129,000 since mid-March, although not all of those people are still unemployed.