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Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 201,000 for the week ended Jan. 4, the lowest level since February 2024, the Labor Department said on Wednesday.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased by 6,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 225,000 for the week ended Sept. 28. ... It has increased from 3.4% in April 2023 as a surge in ...
Weekly jobless claims rose more than expected last week in a sign of cooling in the labor market. New data from the Department of Labor showed 258,000 initial jobless claims were filed in the week ...
The rise in the unemployment rate from 3.4% in April 2023 to 4.3% in July this year was the trigger for the U.S. central bank's unusually large 50-basis-point rate cut last month.
US employers have now added an average of 245,500 jobs per month, versus 2023’s 251,000-per-month average. ... Weekly jobless claims data tends to be volatile but, while one week’s worth of ...
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, pointing to steadily easing labor market conditions heading into the final stretch of 2024.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 221,000 for the week ended Nov. 2, the Labor Department said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast ...
New data from the Department of Labor showed there were 233,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ending Aug. 3, down from 250,000 the week prior and below the 240,000 economists had ...