New unemployment claims are near pre-pandemic levels, indicating a strong labor market, but rising continuing claims suggest many are struggling to find work.
First-time applications for US unemployment insurance edged higher, while the number of Americans on benefit rolls climbed to a more than three-year high.
Treasury yields weaken as U.S. weekly jobless claims rise to 223,000 from 217,000. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected 221,000. The numbers indicate that employers let go of more ...
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The number of initial jobless claims in the US rose in the week ending Jan. 11, signaling that the labor market of the ...
At the same time, an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims hinted at a cooling labor market. Retail and food services sales rose 0.4% last month, decelerating from upwardly revised 0.8% ...
Continuing claims, a proxy for people who are already receiving benefits and still can’t find a job, jumped to 1.9 million in the week ended Jan. 11, the highest since November 2021, according to ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Wisconsin dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...