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US initial jobless claims rose to 229,000 in the week ended June 1 from an upwardly revised 221,000 level in the previous week, compared with expectations for a decrease to 220,000 in survey of analysts compiled by Bloomberg as of 7:40 am ET. The four-week moving average fell by 750 to 222,250...
US citizens that applied for unemployment insurance benefits increased by 219K in the week ending May 25 according to the US Department of Labor (DoL) on Thursday. The prints came in just above initial estimates (218K) and above the previous weekly gain of 216K (revised from 215K). Further...
There were 208,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending April 27, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week's print of 208,000 (revised from 207,000) and came in better than the market expectation of...
US initial jobless claims fell to 207,000 in the week ended April 20 from an unrevised 212,000 level in the previous week, compared with expectations for an increase to 215,000 in survey of analysts compiled by Bloomberg as of 7:45 am ET. The four-week moving average fell by 1,250 to 213,250...
There were 210,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending March 23, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week's print of 212,000 (revised from 210,000) and came in better than the market expectation of...
US initial jobless claims fell to 210,000 in the employment survey week ended March 16 from an upwardly revised 212,000 level in the previous week, compared with expectations for an increase to 213,000 in survey of analysts compiled by Bloomberg as of 7:45 am ET. Initial claims were at a level of...
The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in mid-February fell to a five-week low of 201,000 and signaled the U.S. labor market is still going strong. Initial jobless claims fell by 12,000 from 213,000 in the prior week, the government said Thursday. New jobless claims have...
Initial jobless claims rose 25,000 to 214,000 in the week ended Jan. 20, the Labor Department said Thursday. This is the highest level in a month. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had estimated new claims would rise to 200,000. Last week claims fell a revised 14,0000 to 189,000. That...
Layoffs stay near record low even as hiring slows The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in mid-January fell to 187,000 and touched the lowest level in 16 months, showing that layoffs remain near record lows. New jobless claims declined by 16,000 from a revised 203,000 in...
There were 220,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending December 9, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week's print of 221,000 (revised from 220,000) and came in better than the market expectation of 220,000. It...
Recurring applications for unemployment benefits rose for a sixth straight week, indicating those losing their jobs are starting to have more trouble finding new ones. Continuing jobless claims, a proxy for the number of people receiving unemployment benefits, increased to 1.82 million in the...
The U.S. economy maintained a fairly strong pace of growth in the second quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday, and appears to have gathered momentum this quarter amid a resilient labor market. Gross domestic product increased at an unrevised 2.1% annualized rate last quarter, the...
The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week to 204,000, but layoffs remained extremely low and there was no sign of rising unemployment. New jobless claims edged up from a revised 202,000 in the prior week, the government said. Claims show a very low...
There were 216,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending September 2, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week's print of 229,000 (revised from 228,000) and came better than the market expectation of...
Initial jobless claims fell by 7,000 to 221,000 in the week ended July 22, the Labor Department said Thursday. That is the lowest level of claims since February. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had estimated new claims would rise 7,000 to 235,000. This is the third weekly drop in a...
US applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting a resilient labor market despite a moderation in job gains. Initial claims for unemployment benefits dropped by 12,000 to 237,000 in the week ending July 8, according to a Labor Department report released on Thursday. The...
US unemployment benefits applications fell last week by the most since October 2021. Initial jobless claims decreased by 26,000 to 239,000 in the week ended June 24, which included the Juneteenth holiday, according to the Labor Department’s Thursday report. The figure was lower than all...
Initial Jobless claims totaled 264,000 in the week ending June 17, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. The print follows the previous week's 262,000 (revised to 264,000) and came in above market expectations of 260,000. It matches the highest reading...
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week was unchanged at 262,000, leaving it at the highest level since October 2021 and pointing to some softness in a muscular U.S. labor market. Unemployment claims typically begin to rise when the economy is deteriorating and a...
A seemingly steady rise in U.S. layoffs since March could eventually be wiped away after Massachusetts lowers its estimate of jobless claims to reflect a recent rash of fraud. The number of people filing applications for unemployment benefits appeared to rise in the past few months, suggesting...
