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 fell slightly more than expected last week.
Claims dropped 23,000 to 452,000 in the week ending Oct. 16, the Department of Labor said. The revised figure for the previous week was 475,000.
A Reuters poll of analysts forecast c…
British unemployment claims rose by the most in eight months in September as the economic recovery slowed.
Jobless benefits claims rose by 5,300 to 1.47 million, Bloomberg News reported.
Consumer confidence touched an 18-month low in September as the public readied for the coalition government’s spending cuts.
“Unemployment is still on a rising trend. The fall in consumer confidence…
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Data from the IRS shows that 2,840 households reporting at least $1 million in income on their tax returns that year also collected a total of $18.6 million in unemployment benefits in 2008.
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The number of new and continuing jobless claims fell last week, a sign of modest progress in the labor market. After a seasonal rise this summer, claims appear to be trending lower.
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