Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 33,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 258,000 for the week ended October 5, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled ...
Weekly jobless claims rose more ... increases as well," Oxford Economics lead US economist Nancy Vanden Houten wrote in a note to clients on Friday. "Claims will likely continue to be elevated ...
The four-week average of claims, which evens out some of that weekly ... US inflation reached its lowest point since February 2021. During the first four months of 2024, applications for jobless ...
Forecasters were bracing for a storm of unemployment claims following Hurricane Milton; instead, the job market got sunnier.
North Carolina experienced last week the first phase of an expected Hurricane Helene-related surge in new weekly state unemployment claims. The U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday a total of ...
US labor market shows strength with jobless claims falling sharply, indicating robust job market as presidential elections approach.
The Nasdaq jumped on Thursday, driven by Tesla's positive earnings forecast, which buoyed market sentiment despite declines ...