( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “most since November.” More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 28s Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: most since November] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ————————— VERBATIM: The Labor Department says applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 215,000 for the week ending February 24th. […]
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US applications for jobless benefits rise but remain historically low despite recent layoffs
( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “most since November.”
More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 215,000 for the week ending February 24th. Despite the increase, layoffs remain historically low even as more high-profile companies have announced job cuts this year. In total, 1.9 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits during the week that ended February 17, up 45,000 from the previous week and the most since November.