( ) -q-20- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “of August 2023.” It’s another sign that the labor market may be softening. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 20s Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: of August 2023] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. In total, 1.79 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits during the week that ended April 27. That’s up 17,000 […]
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US weekly jobless claims rise to highest level since August of 2023
( ) -q-20- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “of August 2023.”
It’s another sign that the labor market may be softening.
[CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3
Time: 20s
Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam
Out-cue: of August 2023]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. In total, 1.79 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits during the week that ended April 27. That’s up 17,000 from the previous week. Weekly unemployment claims are considered a proxy for the number of U.S. layoffs in a given week.
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VERBATIM: The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in more than eight months last week. The Labor Department reports unemployment claims for the week ending May 4 rose by 22,000 to 231,000. Last week’s claims were the most since the final week of August 2023.