New US jobless claims slip, but people are remaining unemployed for longer
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits dipped to the lowest in a month last week, consistent with a cooling but still-healthy U.S. labor market that is likely to keep Federal Reserve officials from cutting interest rates any further in the near term.
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits after Christmas fell to an eight-month low, capping off a year of ...
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The Labor Department issues its weekly tally of new unemployment benefit claims on Thursday. The number of Americans applying ...
Jobless claims dropped by 9,000 to 211,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which strips out week-to-week ups and downs, fell by 3,500 to 223,250.
Weekly unemployment claims hit their lowest level since April during the final full week of 2024. In the latest sign that ...
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