Applications for US jobless benefits fall to 2-month low as layoffs remain at healthy levels

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain relatively low despite other signs of labor market cooling ... Read More

Applications for US jobless benefits fall modestly last week as layoffs remain relatively low

AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain relatively low despite other signs of labor ... Read More

Applications for jobless benefits fell modestly last week as US labor market remains healthy amid high interest rates

Applications for jobless benefits fell modestly last week as US labor market remains healthy amid high interest rates ... Read More

Fewer Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, but applications remain slightly elevated

Filings for unemployment benefits have been consistently higher beginning in May. Last week’s ... month, to 4.3 percent. That report struck fear in markets around the world because a sturdy US ... Read More

Mixed news on US jobs: Unemployment rate falls but hiring is slowing

The US economy is expected to have added 160,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate likely dropped to 4.2% from 4.3%. Read More

US applications for unemployment benefits inch up, but remain at historically healthy levels

Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week ... year high. Inflation has come down steadily — from more than 9% in June 2022 to a three-year low of 2.9% last month. Read More

US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected in Latest Week

(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment ... month with a bigger-than-usual 50-basis-point reduction. The number of people receiving benefits after an initial ... Read More

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week, but applications remain slightly elevated

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits ... claims for the week of Aug. 3 fell by 17,000 to 233,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 240,000 ... Read More

US applications for unemployment benefits inch up, but remain at historically healthy levels

(AP) — Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the number ... taking it to a 23-year high. Inflation has come down steadily — from more than 9% in June 2022 to a ... Read More

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week, but applications remain slightly elevated

Filings for unemployment benefits have been consistently higher beginning in May. Last week’s 250,000 claims were the highest in a year. Since May, applications ... straight month, to 4.3%. Read More

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inch up, but remain at historically healthy levels

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week ... high. Inflation has come down steadily — from more than 9% in June 2022 to a three-year low of 2.9% last month. Read More