The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in early February rose slightly but remained at very low levels in ...

A column chart titled "US unemployment claims" that tracks the metric over a recent period. The number of people filing new claims increased to 219,000 in the most recent week. Though business ...

AM NFIB Small Business Optimism The National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Optimism Index is a composite of ten seasonally adjusted components indicating the health of small ...

Weekly initial ... as evidenced by the modest rise in claims, support consumer confidence and spending, which can drive economic growth. State-level variations in jobless claims, such as the ...

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 219,000 for the week ended February 1, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...