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Georgia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% in November for the third month in a row, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Several categories again reached record highs ...
First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose last week to 231,000, the highest level since August, in another sign that the white-hot labor market is starting to cool off. Thursday’s ...
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000 for the week ended May 11, the Labor Department said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast ...
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 215,000 claims in the latest week. Claims have been bouncing around in a 194,000-225,000 range this year. Unadjusted claims declined 6,756 to 208,509 last ...
The four-week average of claims, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, rose modestly to 214,25 ... The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for unemployment claims for the week ...
The four-week average of claims, a less volatile measure, fell by 750 from the previous week to 212,250. Weekly unemployment claims are broadly viewed as representative of the number of U.S ...
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting that the labor market was gradually losing momentum as higher borrowing costs curb ...
Weekly unemployment claims are seen as a proxy for the number of U.S. layoffs in a given week. ... Applications for unemployment benefits climbed to 224,000 for the week ending Jan. 27, an ...