The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell to a six-week low, underscoring the reluctance of ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, but the unemployment rate could rise in ...

New jobless claims filed the week ending Dec. 28 numbered 211,000, down 9,000 from the previous week’s level. Economic forecasters were expecting an increase of around 5,000 to 225,000.

After hitting a peak in early June, initial jobless claims have been sliding in recent weeks, and that continued to be the ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, a sign that ...

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

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 219,000 for the week ended Dec. 21, the Labor Department said on Thursday.

By Greg Robb . Claims fall 12,000 to 219,000 vs. forecast of 229,000 . The numbers: The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level since mid-May.

Jobless claims fall in latest week, with no sign of recession or layoffs Claims fall 13,000 to 228,000. Last Updated: May 8, 2025 at 9:13 a.m. ET First Published: May 8, 2025 at 8:33 a.m. ET.

Florida’s first-time unemployment claims fell for the second week in a row. U.S. Department of Labor ( DOL) data shows there ...

Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, reached 233,000 during the week that ended Aug. 3. That was down from the prior week’s revised 250,000, which was Explore Our Brands ...