( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “proxy for layoffs.” U.S. applications for jobless aid fell again last week to their lowest level since April. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 19s Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: proxy for layoffs] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The latest figure is further evidence that the job market has withstood aggressive rate […]
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US filings for jobless aid lowest since last April
( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “proxy for layoffs.”
U.S. applications for jobless aid fell again last week to their lowest level since April.
[CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3
Time: 19s
Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam
Out-cue: proxy for layoffs]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The latest figure is further evidence that the job market has withstood aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve as it attempts to cool the economy and bring down inflation.
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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says applications for jobless aid in the U.S. for the week ending January 28 fell by 3,000 last week to 183,000. It was the third straight week claims were under 200,000 and the fifth straight weekly decline. Jobless claims generally serve as a proxy for layoffs.