Ahead of Friday's April jobs report, here's a small cautionary sign: weekly filings for new unemployment benefits hit the ...

U.S. applications for jobless benefits jumped to their highest level in two months, but layoffs remain in a historically ...

Companies are not laying off workers by large amounts, and are still watching and waiting amid uncertainty about how the ...

Initial unemployment claims posted an unexpected increase last week in a potential trouble sign for the wobbling U.S. economy ...

The Department of Labor said Thursday weekly initial jobless claims are up by a more than expected 18,000 to 241,000, ...

New applications for unemployment benefits filed by federal employees have been largely flat in the past five weeks after a ...

The number of people seeking ongoing unemployment benefits rose to about 1.92 million for the week ending April 19, according ...

K to 241K vs. 224K consensus and 223K prior (revised from 222K), according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor ...

U.S. initial jobless claims rose last week, according to the Department of Labor, reaching their highest level since February but remaining broadly within a range that has held over the past year.

The number of initial jobless claims in the US, a key indicator of the health of the labor market, has seen an unexpected increase, according to recent data. The actual figure came in at 241,000 ...