The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, according to the latest data from the ...

“Every employment insurance agency, if you ask them, will say it’s, you know, their busiest month,” said Michele Evermore at ...

Weekly applications for unemployment insurance in the US rose more than expected last week, while continuing claims reached their highest level since November 2021, government data showed Thursday.

Fewer Americans filed for initial jobless benefits last week, according to the Department of Labor, a further sign that a softening labor market has continued to dodge a big uptick in job cuts. The ...

Jobless claims have hit their lowest level since March, reflecting a resilient labor market even as the economy faces high interest rates and inflationary pressures. The Labor Department reported ...

New jobless claims filed the week ending Dec. 28 numbered 211,000, down 9,000 from the previous week’s level. Economic forecasters were expecting an increase of around 5,000 to 225,000.

The numbers: Initial jobless claims rose by 14,000 to 217,000 in the week ending Jan. 11, in part due to a spike in claims ...

A graph of the data for the year shows what ... remaining at 4.58% as “investors digested new data on weekly jobless claims,” CNBC reported. By the end of Friday, though, it was up to 4. ...

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 219,000 for the week ended Dec. 21, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...

Weekly unemployment claims hit their lowest level since April during the final full week of 2024. In the latest sign that layoffs remain low, data from the Department of Labor released Thursday ...

Jobless claims came in below expectations for the week ending December 27. Jefferies chief US economist Thomas Simons joins Brad Smith on Wealth to analyze the implications of this data.