Here’s a rundown of what the jobs report shows: The unemployment rate in the state was 3.7% in December. That’s unchanged from November, when the unemployment rate ticked up from 3.6% in October.
U.S. initial jobless claims were higher last week, but the increase wasn’t as drastic as economist Thomas Simons of Jefferies had been expecting.
All major indexes began trading this early morning in the red, following three-straight up-days on the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 (the small-cap Russell 2000 took a powder yesterday). But while the Dow ...
The U.S. jobs market has a “slow leak,” as reflected in the latest weekly data on initial jobless claims, according to Renaissance Macro Research. “The slow leaking higher of unemployment continues,” ...
Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits ...
Unemployment and jobless claims are still far down from their all-time high in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose marginally last week, suggesting no ...
Jobless claims in the U.S. increased slightly last week, while the number of people receiving unemployment benefits reached a ...
The drop in Florida’s new unemployment claims echoed the national trend. There were 284,222 filings across the country for the week ending Jan. 18. That’s a sizable decrease of 68,135 from the week ...
Continuing claims, a proxy for people who are already receiving benefits and still can’t find a job, jumped to 1.9 million in the week ended Jan. 11, the highest since November 2021, according to ...
US stocks were subdued at the open after this week's rallies pushed the S&P 500 to a record. Investors will eye trade clues from Trump's Davos speech.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 223,000 for the week ended Jan. 18, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...