Employment growth slowed sharply last month, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by only 12,000 jobs, the fewest since December ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, suggesting no material ...

Both the current President and his predecessor claim credit for low unemployment. To what extent are recent lows in ...

The numbers: Initial jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 216,000 in the week ended October 26, the Labor Department said Thursday. This is the third straight decline in weekly claims. Claims are now ...

This number is less than the 227,000 jobless claims experts expected. The four-week average of jobless claims—which evens out some of the week-to-week fluctuations—was 236,500, a drop of 2,250 ...

Applications for unemployment had previously risen to their highest level since June, driven by hurricanes and strikes.

A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed a modest rebound by first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance ...

This data comes as a welcome surprise to investors, who often view lower-than-expected jobless claims as bullish for the US Dollar. Compared to the previous week's figure of 228K, the current data ...

Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Pennsylvania last week compared with the week prior.

While a week-over-week increase in the current week of the year is typical ... For starters, Michigan alone accounted for 30% of initial jobless claims as it saw an outsized increase with claims ...

The Kansas unemployment call center and benefits web site will shut down for a week while the state changes over to updated ...