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

More Americans filed for initial jobless benefits last week, according to the Department of Labor. The week through Jan 18. brought 223,000 initial jobless claims, compared with 217,000 a week earlier ...

The U.S. jobs market has a “slow leak,” as reflected in the latest weekly data on initial jobless claims, according to Renaissance Macro Research. “The slow leaking higher of unemployment continues,” ...

Slightly more Americans apply for jobless benefits last week, but continuing claims rise to highest level since 2021.

New unemployment claims are near pre-pandemic levels, indicating a strong labor market, but rising continuing claims suggest many are struggling to find work.

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.

After reporting a rebound by first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the previous week, the Labor Department released a ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose marginally last week, suggesting no ...

The number of Americans on benefit rolls climbed to a more than three-year high, while first-time applications for US unemployment insurance edged slightly higher.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened ...

Continuing claims, a proxy for people who are already receiving benefits and still can’t find a job, jumped to 1.9 million in the week ended Jan. 11, the highest since November 2021, according to ...

Treasury yields weaken as U.S. weekly jobless claims rise to 223,000 from 217,000. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected 221,000. The numbers indicate that employers let go of more ...

Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years ...