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U.S. unemployment claims remain unchanged
New claims for US unemployment benefits were unchanged last week from the week before amid a slowly recovering jobs market, official data showed Thursday. Initial jobless claims totaled 370,000 in the week ending May 12, matching the previous week’s upwardly revised figure, the Labor Department said. The flat reading broke…
New U.S. unemployment claims fall for second straight week
New claims for US unemployment benefits fell for the second week running last week, but not as much as expected as the troubled labor market slowly recovers, official data showed Thursday. New jobless claims totaled 367,000 in the week ending May 5, down from an upwardly revised 368,000 the previous…
New unemployment claims in U.S. at lowest level since April 2008
New claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week, hovering at four-year lows as the ailing labor continues to mend, government data showed Thursday. The Labor Department reported 357,000 initial jobless claims were filed in the week ending March 31, the lowest level since April 2008. It was a decrease…
Jobless claims at lowest since Obama took office
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits has fallen to its lowest since March of 2008, the Associated Press reported Thursday morning. The national economy added 243,000 jobs in January, lowering the employment rate to 8.3 percent, according to the Department of Labor. A government report noted that weekly unemployment…
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