US applications for jobless claims fall to lowest level in 9 weeks

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite higher interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve in its bid to curb inflation ... Read More

US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to still tight labor market conditions. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped ... Read More

Fewer Americans file for jobless claims as labor market continues to shrug off higher interest rates

1.82 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits during the week that ended March 30, an increase of 28,000 from the previous week and the most since January. Weekly unemployment claims are ... Read More

GDP Up to +3.4%, Jobless Claims Down to 210K

Expectations were for the previous +3.2% to stand ... at least on the jobless claims side. Continuing Claims, reported a week in arrears from new jobless claims, jumped to 1.819 million from ... Read More

Over 10 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in March as economy collapsed

More than 6.6 million ... nation’s unemployment rate was 3.5 percent. The gravity of the job losses is staggering. During the Great Recession era, the U.S. unemployment rate only hit 10 percent ... Read More

Mass Layoffs Hit Michigan and Missouri

In newly released data on initial jobless claims, two states had notable spikes in mass layoffs, primarily in the automobile and manufacturing sectors. Missouri and Michigan saw increases of 1,443 ... Read More

Jobless claims climb to nine-week high of 221,000 — but there’s no sign of worsening labor market

Last week there were 212,000 unemployment filings, according to government figures. Part of the increase last week may have stemmed from the Easter holiday. Claims ... to 1.79 million, the ... Read More

Florida's jobless claims remain low

TALLAHASSEE - The number of first-time unemployment claims in Florida remained relatively low last week, after three months of the state having a 3.1 percent ... of 5,351 the previous week. Read More

Jobless claims dip to 209,000 and still show no sign of rising layoffs

The number of people collecting unemployment benefits in the U.S., meanwhile, rose by 17,000 to 1.81 million, the government said. These so-called continuing claims have risen slowly if steadily ... Read More

SKorea's jobless claims fall 13.3%

SEOUL: South Korea's jobless claims fell in double digits due to lower demand in the wholesale ... benefits stood at 93,200 in February, down 13.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the ... Read More

New weekly state unemployment claims rise by 2.6%

There were 2,989 claims, down from a revised 2,914 in the previous report. North Carolina was 18th in the nation in the number of unemployment filings. The department listed 19,299 North ... Read More

Fewer Americans file for jobless claims as labor market continues to shrug off higher interest rates

The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for unemployment claims for the week ending April 6 fell by 11,000 to 211,000 from the previous week ... dipped from 3.9% to 3.8% and has ... Read More