Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 33,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 258,000 for the week ended October. 5, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled ...
The four-week average of claims, which evens out some of that weekly ... US inflation reached its lowest point since February 2021. During the first four months of 2024, applications for jobless ...
Weekly jobless claims rose more ... increases as well," Oxford Economics lead US economist Nancy Vanden Houten wrote in a note to clients on Friday. "Claims will likely continue to be elevated ...
Key details: The four-week moving average of claims rose by 6,750 to 231,000. The number of people already collecting jobless benefits in the week that ended Sept. 28 rose by 42,000 to 1.86 million.
US jobless claims fell by 19,000 to 241,000 in ... The previous week saw claims surge due to Hurricane Helene, which caused significant layoffs across impacted states. This week’s figure ...
Recent data from the US Labor Department reveals that inflation ... leading to an annual core inflation rate of 3.3%. Weekly jobless claims reached a 14-month high, hitting 258,000 for the week ...
The number of Americans filing for unemployment rose ... to continue distorting claims data in the weeks ahead. Helene brought devastating flooding and storm surge to the Southeast, killing ...
North Carolina experienced last week the first phase of an expected Hurricane Helene-related surge in new weekly state unemployment claims. The U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday a total of ...