Unemployment Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since Beginning of COVID-19 Pandemic Last Year Posted byThe Epoch Times October 14, 2021 Leave a comment on Unemployment Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since Beginning of COVID-19 Pandemic Last Year The claims decreased to 293,000 last week, as compared with 329,000 a week earlier, the agency said. The four-week moving average for unemployment claims fell to 334,250-the lowest since March 2020.