The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week and the unemployment rate appeared to have picked up in May, suggesting layoffs were rising ...

The better-than-expected jobless claims numbers, however, helped to ease concerns about the health of the US labor market and the broader economy. Initial state unemployment claims, which are ...

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 217,000 for the week ended Nov. 9, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment fell last week as the distortions from hurricanes faded. Initial claims for state unemployment ...

US Applications for Jobless Benefits Fall, but Continuing Claims Rise to Highest Level Since 2021 The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week, but the total number of ...

Continuing claims, which track the total number of Americans still collecting jobless benefits, also dropped by 5,000 to 1.87 million for the week ending Dec. 7. This figure was also below ...

US Jobless Benefit Claims Fall Last Week as Labor Market Remains Strong Despite Recession Fears WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for jobless benefits fell again last week as the labor market ...

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 220,000 for the week ended March 8, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...

Applications for US unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest since May as southeastern states continued to recover from the impact of two severe storms. Initial claims decreased by ...

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 19,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 241,000 for the week ended Oct. 12, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Sign up here.

US applications ... average of claims, which evens out the week-to-week ups and downs, fell by 10,250 to 213,000. Massachusetts reported 9,978 “advance” initial claims for unemployment ...

The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending June 22 fell by 6,000 to 233,000 from 239,000 the previous week. However, the total number of Americans collecting ...