( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the previous week.” The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in 11 weeks. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 21s Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: the previous week] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————— VERBATIM: The Labor Department says applications for unemployment benefits climbed […]
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More Americans apply for unemployment benefits but layoffs still historically low
( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the previous week.”
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in 11 weeks.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says applications for unemployment benefits climbed to 224,000 for the week ending January 27, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week. Overall, 1.9 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits during the week that ended January 20. That’s an increase of 70,000 from the previous week.