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Jun 17, 2021 - Economy

3. How Arizona's unemployment office saw a decline in PUA claims

Arizona weekly PUA initial claims
Data: Arizona Department of Economic Security; Chart: Axios Visuals

Arizona has been particularly public about the anti-fraud controls in its unemployment office.

By the numbers: Arizona has said that it saw 570,400 initial PUA claims filed in the week ending October 10, 2020. A month later, after hiring ID.me to filter new applications, that number had plunged by 99% to 6,700.

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