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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week as the labor market steadily eases. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits ...
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. Weekly jobless ...
The unemployment rate is forecast unchanged at 3.9%. Labor market strength is boosting consumer spending, which is pulling in imports. A separate report from the Commerce Department's Bureau of ...
The Washington State Department of Social Security was created by the legislature in 1937 with divisions to manage the state's unemployment benefits and employment offices. It was originally located in the Old Capitol Building in Olympia but outgrew its offices and was later furnished a separate headquarters building in January 1947.
By Lucia Mutikani. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting that the labor market was gradually losing ...
Applications for unemployment benefits rose to 214,000 for the week ending Jan. 20, an increase of 25,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
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 ...
Weekly unemployment claims edged higher for the first time in three weeks but rose only marginally from multi-decade lows set just last week. At 188,000, last week's tally for new jobless claims ...