US UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS SLUMP TO 364,000

Highlights

• According to a report by the US Labor Department released on Thursday, jobless claims fell by 51,000 to 364,000

• The United States stands only next to India in terms of administering doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Showing that the US economy is imp...

US ECONOMY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE, UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS SLUMP TO 376,000

Highlights

• The worst affected economy in the globe courtesy of the COVID-19 saw jobless claims going down to 376,000 which is 9,000 lesser than last week’s 385,000

• A Labor Department report released on Tuesday said the job openings had hit a record 9.3 mill...

US UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS FALL BY 20,000 TO 385,000

Highlights

• According to the Labor Department, the number of jobless claims went to 385,000, falling by 20,000 as compared to the week before

• Nearly 1.8 million jobs were added by the employers in the US this year, which is an average of over 450,000 a month

US UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS GO UP TO 861,000

Highlights

• The Labor Department on Thursday said that applications from laid-off workers jumped 13,000 from the previous week, which was revised sharply higher 

• Before the first case of the virus was reported in the month of March last year in the United Sta...

U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS JUMP TO A THREE-MONTH HIGH

Highlights

• The number of US citizens filing for first-time claims for jobless benefits went up to a near three-month high in the last week

• The number of claims for state unemployment benefits went up by 137,000 to seasonally adjusted 853,000 for the last week, wh...

COVID IMPACT: U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS JUMP FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK

Highlights

• According to the Labor Department’s report, the number of jobless claims surged from 748,000 the week before to 778,000

• Several economists and market analysts have stated that as COVID-19 cases are going upwards at an increased pace, the restrict...

U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS RISE UP TO 870,000

Highlights

• According to the Labor Department report, total 870,000 people  have filed for jobless claims in the last week, which is more than 866,000 reported a week earlier

• The report also states that the number of workers returning back to their previous j...

THE US JOBLESS CLAIMS CROSS 1 MILLION

Highlights

• For the week ending on August 15, it came in at 1.106 million
• A total of 923,000 was expected by the economists polled by Dow Jones

The concerns have been raised about the state of the economy. For the week that ended on A...

US JOBLESS CLAIMS FALL BELOW 1 MILLION

Highlights

• The total claims for the week ending on August 8 were 963,000
• As per the estimates of economists surveyed by Dow Jones, it was well below

To contain the corona virus, the United States economy went into lockdown after the ...

NEW CLAIMS FILED BY AMERICANS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OBSERVE A RISE

Highlights

• Last week, initial weekly jobless claims came in at 1.434 million
• It was roughly in line with expectations

The Labor Department reported on Thursday that last week the number of Americans who filed new claims for unemploym...