The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits ticked up modestly last week. The Labor Department says U.S. applications for jobless claims rose by 3,000 to 220,000 for the week ending September ninth. The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure, fell by 5,000 to 224,500. Overall, 1.69 million people were collecting unemployment […]
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Applications for US jobless benefits tick up slightly
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits ticked up modestly last week. The Labor Department says U.S. applications for jobless claims rose by 3,000 to 220,000 for the week ending September ninth. The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure, fell by 5,000 to 224,500. Overall, 1.69 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended September second, about 4,000 more than the previous week.