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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 [...]

Initial jobless claims fall to lowest level since May 2008

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial filings for jobless benefits during the week ending Dec. 10 fell by 19,000 to 366,000 claims, the lowest level since May 31, 2008, according to the Labor Department. That was welcome news, although it is not sufficient to affect the official unemployment [...]

Jobless rate falls to 8.6 percent while employed rate falls to 64 percent

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Employers added 120,000 jobs, the nation’s official unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent and the percentage of working-age Americans with a job dropped to 64 percent during November, the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday. The drop in the [...]

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, [...]

Initial jobless claims stuck above 400,000 mark

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – New jobless claims remained above the 400,000 mark for the week ending Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. However, the 404,000 initial unemployment compensation claims filed for the week was slightly down, representing a drop of 1,000 claims from the [...]

Mixed data paints muddy picture for U.S. jobs

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The nation’s job picture is hazy at best for the moment, with seemingly conflicting data emerging Wednesday on employment in the United States. Private-sector employers added 91,000 workers in September, according to a report by payroll processing firm Automatic Data Processing (ADP). In [...]

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 [...]

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