Shockwaves for DC regional economy: Trump layoffs spur surge in jobless claims
President Donald Trump's layoffs of federal employees are likely to tip Washington, D.C., into a recession, an economist says ...
Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in Alabama
People left waiting for months on their unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic in Alabama can sue the state, the ...
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US Jobless Claims Tick Up Slightly, in Line With Pre-Covid Level
Applications for US unemployment benefits were little changed last week, hovering around pre-Covid levels that indicate solid demand for workers. Initial claims increased by 5,000 to 219,000 in ...
No sign of imminent recession in jobless claims: High Frequency Economics
Weekly initial jobless claims inched higher for the latest reporting period, but the increase was "trivial" and "just noise," said Carl Weinberg, ...
‘Hard to dismiss it as a coincidence’: A closer look at skyrocketing DC unemployment claims
There appears to be an economic trend forming in D.C. as jobless claims have been on a steep upward trajectory over the past ...
UPI3d
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise to 219,000
The previous total was revised down 5,000 to 1.845 million. The four-week moving average for overall jobless claims was 1,862,500, a decrease of 7,750 from the previous week's total of 1,870,2050 ...
Yahoo2d
Unemployment claims in Connecticut declined last week
New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 3,020 in the week ending February 15, down from 3,191 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims rose to 219,000 last ...
As DC’s unemployment claims continue to rise, Mayor Bowser takes notice
The latest unemployment report from the U.S. Labor Department this week revealed a continuing upward trend in unemployment ...
Mass firing of federal workers by Trump White House not showing up in jobless claims. Yet.
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week stayed at very low levels, but overall U.S. jobless ...