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August 22, 2024 at 11:17 AM. Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the number of claims remains at healthy levels. Jobless claims rose by 4,000 to 232,000 for the ...
Its headline number is the seasonally adjusted estimate for initial unemployment claims filed during the previous week in the US. Since this statistic is published weekly, it is commonly depended on as a current indicator of the labor market and the economy generally. In 2016, the number of people on unemployment benefits fell to around 2.14 ...
West Virginia's unemployment rate in August 2019 was 4.6%, the lowest since the start of the Great Recession. [9] As a result of the COVID pandemic, West Virginia's unemployment rate had risen to 6.1% in December 2020, [10] which, by November 2022, had improved from pre-pandemic levels, reported at 4.1%. [11]
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 249,000 for the week ended July 27, the highest level since August last year. Economists polled by Reuters ...
The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending June 22 fell by 6,000 to 233,000 from 239,000 the previous week. US weekly jobless claims fall, but the total number ...
Jobless claims. Initial jobless claims are a data point issued by the U.S. Department of Labor as part of its weekly Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report. Initial jobless claims refer to claims for unemployment benefits filed by unemployed individuals with state unemployment agencies. Initial claims should not be confused with the number ...
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 230,000 for the week ended Sept. 7, the Labor Department said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 230,000 ...
The Associated Press [51] reported over 250,000 unemployment claims were processed in West Virginia since the pandemic shutdown in March. Workforce West Virginia surpassed $1 billion in unemployment benefits to West Virginia residents. [52] The unemployment rate in the state fell two points to 12.9 percent in May [53] as the state started its ...