Weekly unemployment insurance claims fell to a two-month low ahead of Friday’s hotly anticipated jobs report, according to data released Thursday. Claims numbered 227,000 for the week ending Aug. 31,

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits declined last week as layoffs remained low, which could help to allay fears that the labor market was deteriorating. The weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday,

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims fell last week to a very low level and their lowest levels since mid-August. For the week ending September 7, 2024, new claims were 187, which is down 33 claims from the week before and 35 more from last year.