Tag: unemployment benefits

February 23, 2023

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell last week as the labor market remains resilient in the face of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases meant to cool the economy. Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for […]

December 29, 2022

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose only slightly last week with the labor market remaining strong despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the economy and hiring. Applications for unemployment aid for the week ending Dec. 24 climbed […]

August 25, 2022

Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to stand out as one of the strongest segments of the U.S. economy. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Aug. 20 fell by 2,000 to […]

June 16, 2022

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. job market remains strong in the face of rising inflation and interest rates. Applications for jobless aid fell by 3,000 to 229,000 for the week ending June 11, down […]

June 2, 2022

New applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week, marking four months of historically low claims in a tight U.S. labor market. Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 200,000 last week from the previous week’s revised level of […]

January 20, 2022

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three months as the fast-spreading omicron variant disrupted the job market. Jobless claims rose for the third straight week — by 55,000 to 286,000, highest since […]

January 6, 2022

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remained at historically low levels, suggesting that the job market remains strong. U.S. jobless claims rose by 7,000 last week to 207,000. The four-week average of claims, which […]

December 23, 2021

Worker filings for unemployment benefits hovered at the lowest level in more than half a century last week as a strong labor market kept layoffs low, despite rising concerns about the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. Initial jobless claims, […]

December 9, 2021

Worker filings for unemployment benefits hit the lowest level in more than half a century last week as a tight labor market keeps layoffs low. Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 184,000 in the week ended Dec. […]

November 4, 2021

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a fresh pandemic low last week, another sign the job market is healing after last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims dropped by 14,000 to 269,000 last week. Since topping 900,000 […]

October 28, 2021

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a pandemic low last week as the job market continues to recover from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims dropped by 10,000 to 281,000, lowest since mid-March 2020, the Labor […]

October 7, 2021

The U.S. labor market picture is improving, according to two reports released this week. First is the U.S. Department of Labor Initial Claims report released on Thursday morning. These are claims filed by unemployed individuals with the Labor Department after […]

September 9, 2021

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 310,000, a pandemic low and a sign that the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant has yet to lead to widespread layoffs. Thursday’s report from the […]

July 30, 2021

Unemployed workers in Arkansas are the latest group to win back their federal unemployment benefits after Gov. Asa Hutchinson moved to terminate them ahead of the September expiration. In a Thursday ruling, Judge Herbert Wright said that, as a lawsuit […]

May 6, 2021

The U.S. employment picture improved sharply last week, with first-time claims for unemployment insurance dipping below 500,000 for the first time since the pandemic crisis. Initial claims totaled 498,000 for the week ended May 1, against the Dow Jones estimate […]

April 21, 2021

NEW YORK — It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting “Help Wanted” signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts their ability to keep up with demand […]

March 25, 2021

WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that […]

March 18, 2021

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 770,000, a sign that layoffs remain high even as much of the U.S. economy is steadily recovering from the coronavirus recession. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that […]

December 17, 2020

US stocks gained in Thursday morning trades, pushing near record all-time-highs as a $900 fiscal stimulus bill to hasten the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic appeared imminent. The stimulus bill would include direct payments to most Americans of $600, […]

December 17, 2020

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose again last week to 885,000, the highest weekly total since September, as a resurgence of coronavirus cases threatens the economy’s recovery from its springtime collapse. The Labor Department said Thursday that […]