IMF growth downgrade, Fed split and oil fears dominate week in global economyThe International Monetary Fund forecasts a sluggish global economic growth of three percent this year. US home prices have reached an all-...
11 Jul, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
US jobless aid filings rise to 229,000 last week, remain historically low despite Iran war headwindsAmerica's jobless claims saw a slight increase last week, yet remain historically low. This comes despite economic challenges linked to the...
11 Jun, 2026, 06.25 PM IST
US jobless aid filings, a proxy for layoffs, rise to 225,000 last week but remain historically lowJobless aid applications increased by 13,000 to 225,000 last week, exceeding forecasts but remaining historically low. This figure serves a...
04 Jun, 2026, 06.43 PM IST
US jobless aid filings fell to 209,000 last week as layoffs remain low despite economic uncertaintyJobless claims saw a dip last week, indicating continued low layoffs. However, the economy faces significant challenges. The Iran war has d...
21 May, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
US applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, tick down to 209,000 last weekU.S. unemployment benefit applications saw a slight decrease last week, settling at 209,000. This figure, while slightly above analyst expe...
29 Jan, 2026, 07.34 PM IST
US applications for jobless benefits inch up last week to still-low 200,000Americans seeking unemployment benefits saw a slight increase last week. However, job cuts remain at historic lows. New applications for jo...
22 Jan, 2026, 08.26 PM IST
US applications fall again last week, remain at historically healthy levelU.S. unemployment benefit applications dropped to 214,000 last week, falling below analyst expectations and remaining at historically healt...
24 Dec, 2025, 08.39 PM IST
Jobless applications fall again despite Fed push on ratesJobless claims generally represent the number of U.S. layoffs. The four-week moving average of claims, which smooths out some of the weekly...
16 Feb, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
American unemployment claims rise after hitting pandemic lowJobless claims rose 4,000 in Louisiana, evidence that Hurricane Ida has led to widespread job losses in that state. Ida will likely nick th...
16 Sep, 2021, 07.16 PM IST
US jobless claims reach a pandemic low as hiring strengthensJobless claims dropped by 14,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The weekly count has mostly fallen steadily since topping 900,000...
02 Sep, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
US jobless claims tick up to 412,000 from a pandemic lowThe Labor Department said Thursday that jobless claims rose 37,000 from the week before. As the job market has strengthened, the number of ...
17 Jun, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
US jobless claims plunge to 576,000, lowest since pandemicFor the week ending March 27, 16.9 million people were continuing to collect jobless benefits, down from 18.2 million in the previous week....
15 Apr, 2021, 08.40 PM IST
US jobless claims up to 744K as virus still forces layoffsFor the week ending March 27, 3.7 million people were receiving traditional state unemployment benefits, the government said.
08 Apr, 2021, 06.42 PM IST
US unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as virus takes tollThe latest figures for jobless claims, issued Thursday by the Labor Department, remain at levels never seen until the virus struck. Before ...
14 Jan, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
US jobless claims fall below 1 mn last week for the 1st time but still remains highThe Labor Department said applications fell to 963,000, the second straight drop, from 1.2 million the previous week. The decline suggests ...
13 Aug, 2020, 06.46 PM IST
Number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits stuck at 1.3 millionThe elevated level of applications for jobless aid is occurring as new confirmed cases of coronavirus are spiking across much of the Sunbel...
16 Jul, 2020, 08.24 PM IST
36 million have sought US unemployment aid since Coronavirus hitRoughly 36 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the two months since the coronavirus first forced millions of businesses to clo...
14 May, 2020, 11.40 PM IST