New weekly jobless claims dropped again for the fifth consecutive week to a 14-month low of 385,000, a decrease of 20,000 for the week ending...
Signals that the U.S. economy had turned a corner and was now red hot and surging back from the COVID-19 crisis had sprung up everywhere....
New jobless claims for the week ending May 1 came in at 498,000, the lowest level since the pandemic took hold in March 2020, according...
First-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 6.4 percent, topping fourth-quarter growth of 4.3 percent in 2020 and marking the biggest first-quarter increase in...
Initial unemployment claims for the week ending April 24 dropped 13,000 to 553,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Thursday (April 29). The previous week’s...
Initial unemployment claims for the week ending April 17 dropped by 39,000 to 547,000, the lowest level for initial claims since March 14, 2020, when...
Initial unemployment claims plummeted to a new pandemic low of 576,000, a decrease of 193,000 from last week’s revised level, the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
The U.S. economy took a big step forward in March with total nonfarm payroll employment up by 916,000, beating analysts’ predictions. In addition, the unemployment...
First-time claims for unemployment benefits edged up a bit in the week ending March 27, but were still on the low side in terms of...