Initial unemployment claims posted an unexpected increase last week in a potential trouble sign for the wobbling U.S. economy ...

The Department of Labor said Thursday weekly initial jobless claims are up by a more than expected 18,000 to 241,000, ...

U.S. manufacturing contracted for a second straight month in April as tariffs on imported goods strained supply chains, ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting the ...

The report said initial jobless claims ... up to 227,000, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 226,000. The report also said continuing claims, a reading on the ...

New claims in Michigan rose to 12,287 in the week ending May 3, up from 5,381 the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor ...

Michigan saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims, with claims jumping by 128.3%. Delaware, meanwhile, saw the ...

Weekly claims for unemployment benefits hit ... Data from the Department of Labor released Thursday morning showed 241,000 initial jobless claims were filed in the week ending April 26, up from ...

Initial unemployment claims posted ... suggests that jobless claims will trend up over coming weeks," Tombs said in a note. The District of Columbia, which had seen a sharp increase earlier ...

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped ... a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment." Trump sees the tariffs as a tool to raise revenue to offset his promised ...

New weekly unemployment claims in Michigan rose by nearly 130% for the week ending May 3 compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said on May 8. New claims, a proxy for layoffs ...