US weekly jobless claims fall

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 216,000 for the week ended Oct. 26, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...
The number of weekly unemployment benefits filed last week ticked lower from the previous week in a sign that layoffs remain ...
The numbers: The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell sharply for the second week in a row to 227,000, reversing a spike in claims earlier in the month after a ...
The week through Oct. 19 brought 227,000 initial jobless claims, compared with 242,000 a week earlier. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had been expecting to see 245,000 initial ...
The four-week moving average of total jobless claims sent the same week was 1,869,250, an increase of 10,750 from the previous week. Advertisement Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Big Apple is cooking amid a ...