U.S. jobless claims reach 242,000 as government downsizing looms. Major companies announce workforce reductions while the ...

Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, rose by 28,000 to 1.9 million for the week of Oct. 12. That's the most since November 13, 2021.

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs in the U.S. remain low despite uncertainty about how ...

Continuing claims also rise. Continuing claims in the week ending Feb. 15 were also up, noted Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, in a note on the latest jobless claims ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week, suggesting ...

Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rose to a three-month high last week but remained within the same healthy range of the past three years. The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits ...

The U.S. labor market likely slowed further in June, with the unemployment rate expected to have edged up to more than a ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased to a seven-month high last week, pointing to softening labor market conditions amid mounting economic headwinds from ...

Jobless claim filings inched up by 4,000 to 223,000 for the week ending April 5, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s less than the 225,000 new applications analysts forecast.

Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered a proxy for layoffs. The four-week average, which evens out some of the week-to-week volatility, climbed by 8,500 to 224,000.

The number of people filing unemployment benefits for the first time grew to a seasonally adjusted 223,000 last week, the highest one-week total in more than a month.

In the last full week of April, 241,000 Americans sought jobless benefits, well more than analysts were expecting and the greatest figure in more t. ... Jobless Claims Rise to Two-Month High. By.