The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased to a seven-month high last week, pointing to softening labor market conditions amid mounting economic headwinds from ...

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U.S. labor data provided some support for Treasury yields and the dollar. Weekly jobless claims decreased to 227,000 from a downwardly revised 232,000. Economists expected an increase to 235,000, in a ...

Weekly jobless claims in the U.S. increased more than expected in May to a seasonally adjusted 240,000 for the week ended May 24, according to the Labor Department.

Unemployment filings in New York climbed last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling a potential uptick in layoffs statewide. Initial claims in New York reached 18,006 for the week ...

Initial jobless claims measure the number of people who file for unemployment for the first time in a given week. In the week ...

There were 196,177 initial claims in the comparable week in 2024," The Labor Department said in a statement. The jobless claims report comes as U.S. layoffs are 47% higher this May than last ...

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise To 247,000 ... The report said initial jobless claims climbed to 247,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level of 239,000.

Ahead of Friday's April jobs report, here's a small cautionary sign: weekly filings for new unemployment benefits hit the highest level since February. In the last full week of April, 241,000 ...

New York saw a jump in unemployment claims last week, even as the national numbers dipped, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Initial claims in the state rose to 15,713, up from 12,287 the ...

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 247,000 for the week ended May 31, the highest level since last October. Economists polled by Reuters had ...