America’s labor market got more good news with word of a 24,000 drop, to 435,000, in weekly jobless claims. A Bloomberg survey had expected a total of 450,000. In perhaps better news, the four-week moving average sank another 1…
In another setback on employment, initial jobless claims jumped a larger than anticipated 20,000 to 457,000, the Labor Department announced Thursday. Economists had predicted initial jobless claims would total 443,000.
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America’s bedraggled labor market got a boost today with the latest weekly initial jobless claims unexpectedly plunging 21,000 to 434,000. The four-week moving average also fell. While it’s only one week’s data, the report is a…
New claims fell by 23,000 to 452,000 last week, but that’s offset somewhat by the prior week’s total being revised upward by 13,000. The numbers were a little better than expected, but still not enough to indicate a recovery g…
Initial jobless claims unexpectedly rose 13,000 to 462,000, but continuing claims plunged another 112,000 to 4.4 million, the Labor Department announced Thursday. Some of the decline in continuing claims comes from people who have exhausted their benef…