WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in 15 weeks as the job market continues to show resiliency in the face of attempts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy. The number of Americans applying for jobless aid for the week ending Jan....
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in eight months last week as businesses continue to retain workers despite elevated interest rates meant to cool the economy and labor market. Jobless claim applications fell by 13,000 to 198,000 for the week...
Jobless claim applications climbed by 17,000 to 242,000 for the week of Dec. 7, the Labor Department reported Thursday.Spencer Platt/Getty US applications for unemployment benefits jumped to their highest level in two months last week but remain low relative to historical standards. Jobl...
News Summary: US applications for jobless aid fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, a sign that layoffs are rare and the job market is strong. The Labor Department says weekly applications for jobless aid fell 19,000 to 234,000, a low level that indicates businesses are holding...
Applications for US jobless aid fall to low level of 281,000By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
3.169 million Americans filed new jobless claims in the last week of April Unemployment rolls continued to swell in the U.S. last week, though jobless claims hit their lowest level since the economy went into lockdown made to battle the coronavirus pandemic. First-time filings for unemployment ...
economic toll has been. Claims for state unemployment benefits were most concentrated in Hawaii, Michigan, Georgia, Kentucky, Nevada and Rhode Island with claims of 79, 78, 75, 56 and 51 and 51 per 1,000 workers, respectively. The data is for jobless filings through the end of last week...
Unemployment claims fell for the first time this month while a relief bill that would extend jobless benefits faces a last-minute complication. By Claire Hansen | Dec. 23, 2020, at 9:14 a.m. Save More Jobless Claims Fall More Joe Raedle|Getty Images City of Hialeah employee...
In the two decades since high school, he’d lost one repair shop after another, filed for personal bankruptcy, and watched a lender foreclose on the small house in a California refinery town where he’d lived with his wife and two young kids. By 2007, he was 36, jobless, and adrift...