This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss im sorry montecito in washington coming up new unemployment claims in the United States dropped below 1000000 for the week as we look to find the bottom of the pandemic coverage and there are a lot of headlines about trade tension between the u. S. And china dont forget the u. S. And the European Union will they still have trade issues of their own have a lot to get to so lets get started. Its thursday which means u. S. Unemployment numbers were released weekly jobless claims fell to 963000 last week now this is the 1st time the numbers are below 1000000 since mid march that was when the coronavirus was declared a pandemic in late march. U. S. Filings hit nearly 6900000. 00 in a single week while the better than expected numbers come as President Donald Trump issued an executive order that provides an extra 400. 00 a week of unemployment thats down from the original 600. 00 of insurance but those benefits may not show up f