The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week amid relatively low layoffs, despite the dragging war ​with Iran.

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WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to stable labor market conditions and a rebound in job growth in March. The ...

Initial claims rose 5,000 to 210,000. That's the number that will run across financial media today. It's also almost entirely irrelevant. Here's why. The raw, unadjusted claims count actually fell ...

Three weeks ago, the prior article in this series made a specific prediction: the first genuine tariff signal in jobless claims data wouldn't arrive until the week ending April 12 (released April 17), ...

Unemployment insurance claims dropped more than expected last week. The number of people filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell to 205,000, the lowest level since January. Claims for ...

Unemployment is still very low and is likely to stay that way The Washington Post laid off hundreds of employees this week, but layoffs in the U.S. more broadly are quite low. The number of people who ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Delaware dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Feb. 26. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 262 in ...

Washington — The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased slightly last week and the unemployment rate appeared to hold steady in February amid a stable labor market.