A “Welcome Back Now Open” sign is seen March 4, 2021, on the window of a Morton’s Steakhouse restaurant in San Francisco. The Labor Department said March 18 that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits in the prior week rose to 770,000, a sign that layoffs remain high even as much of the U.S. economy is steadily recovering. (Jeff Chiu)
US jobless claims rise to 770,000 with layoffs still high
