US applications for jobless benefits fall again as labor market continues to thrive
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to thrive amid high interest rates and still-elevated inflation
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Your support makes all the difference.The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to thrive despite high interest rates and elevated costs.
Applications for unemployment benefits fell by 19,000 to 202,000 for the week ending Dec. 9, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Analysts were expecting around 224,000.
About 1.88 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended Dec. 2, 20,000 more than the previous week.
Jobless claim applications are seen as representative of the number of layoffs in a given week.
The four-week moving average of jobless claim applications — which flattens out some of weekly volatility — fell by 7,750 to 213,250.