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Initial unemployment claims rise by 21,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 21 rose by 21,000 to 377,000, compared with the previous week’s revised figure of 356,000, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The less volatile four-week moving average was 377,500, a drop of 2,500 from the [...]

First time unemployment claims drop to 352,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial unemployment claims dropped to 352,000 during the week ending Jan. 14, their lowest level in nearly four years. First time claims for jobless benefits dropped by 50,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 402,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. [...]

First time unemployment claims drop to 352,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial unemployment claims dropped to 352,000 during the week ending Jan. 14, their lowest level in nearly four years. First time claims for jobless benefits dropped by 50,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 402,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. [...]

U.S. unemployment claims drop to 372,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – First time claims for unemployment compensation benefits during the week ending Dec. 31 dropped by 15,000 from the previous week to 372,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The less volatile 4-week moving average also fell, registering a decrease of 3,250 to [...]

Unemployment claims rise again

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – First-time jobless claims rose back up but remained below the critical 400,000 mark during the week ending Nov. 19. Initial claims for unemployment benefits had dipped to a 7-month low during the previous week. Some 393,000 claims were filed by newly jobless Americans, [...]

First time jobless claims drop to 423,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Fewer Americans filed initial jobless claims during the week ending Sept. 17, but their numbers still stayed above the crucial 400,000 mark, according to the United States Labor Department. DOL officials say the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 423,000, a [...]

First time jobless claims edge below 400,000 mark

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – First time claims for jobless benefits for the week ending July 23 crept down slightly to 398,000, which was just below the critical 400,000 mark for the first time since April. That number was down by 24,000 from the prior week’s figure of [...]

First time jobless claims down slightly to 405,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims dropped slightly to 405,000 for the week ending July 9, but still stubbornly remained above the 400,000 mark signaling that the US still has not entered a jobs sector recovery. According to the US department of Labor, the number of [...]

Jobless claims stay above 400,000 mark for ninth consecutive week

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – New unemployment claims remain stubbornly high at 427,000 for the week ending June 4, which were 1,000 more than the previous week. Economists generally agree that initial claims for unemployment compensation insurance must drop below the 400,000 mark weekly and stay there before [...]

Unemployment claims decrease to 409,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims declined by 29,000 to 409,000 for the week ending May 14 compared to the previous week’s tally of 438,000 claims. That is still above the 400,000 mark. Analysts say first time unemployment compensation insurcance claims must drop below 400,000 and [...]

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