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  2. US weekly jobless claims at four-month low; housing market ...

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    Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 219,000 for the week ended Sept. 14, the lowest level since the middle of May, the Labor Department said on ...

  3. US weekly jobless claims highest in nearly a year amid ... - AOL

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    Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 249,000 for the week ended July 27, the highest level since August last year. Economists polled by Reuters ...

  4. Unemployment claims are on the rise in Mass. Here are the ...

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    Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose for the week ending Aug. 31 compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy ...

  5. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.

  6. US weekly jobless claims fall, but the total number ... - AOL

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    Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week but the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits rose to the highest level in more than two years. The Labor Department ...

  7. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people. Depending on the country and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time ...

  8. Jobless claims - Wikipedia

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    Jobless claims. Initial jobless claims are a data point issued by the U.S. Department of Labor as part of its weekly Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report. Initial jobless claims refer to claims for unemployment benefits filed by unemployed individuals with state unemployment agencies. Initial claims should not be confused with the number ...

  9. Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The steady employment gains in recent months suggest a rough answer. The unemployment rate has been 7.9 percent, 7.8 percent and 7.8 percent for the past three months, while the labor force participation rate has been 63.8 percent, 63.6 percent and 63.6 percent. Meanwhile, job gains have averaged 151,000.

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