Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Kentucky rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...
The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 217,000 to 217,500. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending November 23, a decrease of 0.1 ...
Applications for US unemployment benefits rose to the highest in a month during a week that included the Thanksgiving holiday. Initial claims increased by 9,000 to 224,000 in the week ended Nov.