Tag: Unemployment

Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to remain steady. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims inch up to 248,000 ahead of Friday jobs report

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2017 12:31 pm

Report finds that increases in the amount of time spent on video games by younger men correlate strongly with a decline in hours that they are working. (iStock)

Video games contributing to decline in work hours among younger men: Study

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2017 7:50 pm

Forecasters had expected jobless claims to hold steady at about 241,000, adjusted for seasonal variations. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims hold steady at 244,000

Joseph Lawler · June 29, 2017 12:32 pm

Study: Seattle Minimum Wage Increase Reduced Low-Wage Income

Mark Hemingway · June 26, 2017 4:42 pm

Forecasters in the private sector had expected jobless claims to drift down slightly to 246,000. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits a week earlier. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Jobless claims tick up, but are still very low at 241,000

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2017 12:32 pm

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said he needed more data clearly showing inflation will rise in the months ahead. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Lone vote against Fed rate hike says he put data over ‘faith’

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2017 4:23 pm

Investors had expected 243,000 new jobless claims. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims drop to 237,000

Joseph Lawler · June 15, 2017 12:31 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, to announce the Federal Open Market Committee decision on interest rates following a two-day meeting. The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its latest vote of confidence in a slow-growing but durable economy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jobs market is hot any way you look at it, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2017 7:49 pm

Private sector forecasters had expected new jobless claims to fall to 241,000. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Unemployment benefits running at lowest levels in 43 years

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2017 12:31 pm

Record-high openings is a good sign for the economy and another indication that the jobs recovery still has steam in its seventh year. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Job openings rise to highest level on record, 6 million

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2017 2:16 pm

Friday's jobs report missed private-sector forecasters' expectations for 185,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Job gains fall shy in May at 138,000, but unemployment lowest since May 2001

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 12:31 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to nudge up from 234,000 the week before to 239,000. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Unemployment benefits running at lowest levels in 43 years

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 12:31 pm