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

U.S. initial jobless claims were higher last week, but the increase wasn’t as drastic as economist Thomas Simons of Jefferies had been expecting.

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 ...

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in nearly a year last week, pointing to a still healthy labor market with historically low layoffs ...

US weekly jobless claims rose more than expected By Investing.com - Dec 05, 2024 4 Investing.com -- The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose by more than ...

New claims in line with average over past year Continued claims hit highest in 3 years but not showing signs of spiking Unemployment ... rates for the third time since September but signaled ...

(RTTNews) - A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits ... RTTNews has expanded steadily over the years to become a trusted ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits dipped ... Still, the level of new benefits claims was in line with its average over the last year of just over 220,000 ...

Initial applications for US unemployment capped ... following a 10.6 percent jump in 2023. Over the past 50 years, back-to-back annual gains in continuing claims have only occurred during ...

The recent jobless claims report is a reminder that finding ... But the figure is one to follow over time to see where there is too much pressure on the labor market. Another trend is continuing ...

Today, the jobless claims data again showed why mortgage rates ... Mortgage rates have remained mostly in a range over the past two years, fluctuating between 6% and 8%. In late 2022, global ...

US weekly jobless claims rose more than expected By Investing.com - Dec 05, 2024 Investing.com -- The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits ... adding to the uncertainty over ...