Overall, 1.8 million Americans were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended March 16, up 24,000 from the week before. The Associated Press is an American multinational nonprofit news ...
WASHINGTON - Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that strong hiring should continue despite signs of slower economic growth at the start of 2015. The Labor ...
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined slightly last week, falling to the lowest point in 13 weeks. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly benefit ...
Jobless claims for the week ending May 11 fell by 10,000 to 222,000, down from 232,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Nam Y. Huh ...
Investing.com -- The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits was higher than anticipated last week, although the figure declined compared to the prior period. Initial jobless ...
The United States Department of Labor, in coordination with state governments, provides unemployment insurance programs. These give benefits to people who have been left without work for reasons ...
Initial jobless claims in the U.S. fell to 222,000 in week ended on May 11, down from an upwardly revised total of 232,000 in the previous week. Economists had called for a reading of 219,000. The ...
First-time filings for unemployment benefits dipped by 1,000, last week, to 191,000. In addition to recent announcements by companies — including Amazon and Meta — of fresh rounds of job cuts ...
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically ... Weekly unemployment claims are considered a proxy for the number of US layoffs in a given week and a ...
The Labor Department says the tally of first-time claims for jobless benefits declined last week to a seasonally adjusted 621,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 625,000, nearly matching ...
America's unemployment rate crept up to the highest ... The report comes amid a presidential election year and as the US central bank is debating whether and when to start to cut interest rates.