The total of initial jobless applications for the week ending Aug. 10 marked the lowest total in a month since 223,000 made their initial filing for unemployment insurance for the week ending July 6 ...
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 235,000 claims for the latest week. The second straight weekly decline erased the increase in late July, which had boosted claims to an 11-month high.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped ... The fourth straight monthly rise in the jobless rate was driven by an immigration-induced increase in labor supply, which is not being ...
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits slipped last week, but re-employment opportunities for laid-off workers are becoming more scarce, a sign that the unemployment ...
