AndreyPopov / Getty Images Jobless claims are a statistic reported weekly by the U.S. Department of Labor that counts people filing to receive unemployment insurance benefits. There are two ...

Jobless claims of 219,000 declined by 12,000 from the previous week, according to the Labor Department. Economists surveyed by FactSet were expecting claims of 230,000.

At the same time, jobless claims, a measure of layoffs, have remained low. The Federal Reserve made a sizable half-percentage-point cut in its policy interest rate on Wednesday, in part to keep ...

JOHOR BARU: An unemployed man who claimed to work for the Johor Ruler was nabbed for duping a victim out of more than RM50,000 by saying he could help free his father, who is being detained in ...

Weekly applications for U.S. jobless benefits fall to the lowest level in 4 months WASHINGTON -- Weekly applications for U.S. jobless benefits fall to the lowest level in 4 months. 24/7 coverage ...

Jobless claims increased by 2,000 in the week ended Sept. 7 from 228,000 the week before, according to labor department data. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a reading of 230,000.

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell to its lowest level in two months last week as layoffs remained low, according to a Labor Department report released on ...

Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images Initial jobless claims came in at 232,000, a couple thousand higher than economists expected and up from the prior week. One economist said the modest rise showed ...

Singapore’s plan to help jobless residents bounce back from employment setbacks is expected to benefit about 60,000 people each year, according to the Ministry of Manpower. Those who previously ...

MUAR: A jobless man charged with murdering his elderly parents and a niece and then setting fire to their house has been sentenced to nine years in prison by the Sessions Court here for causing ...

The week's big setpiece is an appearance by Jerome Powell at an annual gathering of central bankers, after the bout of market turbulence earlier this month. The Federal Reserve chair is due to ...

Jobless claims slid by 12,000, to 219,000, for the week of Sept. 14, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That's fewer than economists' expectations for 230,000 new filings. Weekly filings for ...