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The number of people receiving unemployment insurance benefits tracks the unemployment rate more closely than the SNAP caseload does

by Michele Ver Ploeg
10/30/2019

A line graph showing the national unemployment rate and the number of SNAP recipients and unemployment insurance beneficiaries for 1997 to 2016

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The number of people receiving unemployment insurance benefits tracks the unemployment rate more closely than the SNAP caseload does

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