Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 21 rose by 21,000 to 377,000, compared with the previous week’s revised figure of 356,000, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The less volatile four-week moving average was 377,500, a drop of 2,500 from the [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial unemployment claims dropped to 352,000 during the week ending Jan. 14, their lowest level in nearly four years. First time claims for jobless benefits dropped by 50,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 402,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – First time claims for unemployment compensation benefits during the week ending Dec. 31 dropped by 15,000 from the previous week to 372,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The less volatile 4-week moving average also fell, registering a decrease of 3,250 to [...]
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Washington, D.C, United States (AHN) – It appears that quite a few Americans got pink slips for Christmas. In the week before the holiday, the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose. Roughly 381,000 people filed initial jobless claims in the week ended Dec. 24, the Labor [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims during the week ending Nov. 12 dropped to 388,000, the lowest level since April. That number was down by 5,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 393,000 first time claims for unemployment compensation, according to the U.S. Department of [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Although the economy added 103,000 jobs in September, it was not enough to keep up with population growth, let alone make a dent in getting 14 million jobless Americans back to work. Nevertheless, 45,000 of the jobs were not new positions, but represented [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Teen unemployment in the United Kingdom is higher than in some lesser-developed countries in Europe, a study has found. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development study released on Tuesday showed that teen unemployment rate in the United Kingdom was 10 percent. That level [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Adelaide, Australia (AHN) – The unemployment rate in Australia unexpectedly increased in July to 5.1 percent, according to a report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Australia’s jobless rate rose by 0.1 percentage point from June’s 4.9 percent. That puts the jobless rate at its highest level since [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Berlin, Germany (AHN) – Manufacturing growth in eurozone countries slowed in June, but unemployment has not increased although inflation is troubling. Exports and domestic demand both fell to an 18-month low, according to a survey by Markit’s. Its Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 52.0 June down from [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims declined by 29,000 to 409,000 for the week ending May 14 compared to the previous week’s tally of 438,000 claims. That is still above the 400,000 mark. Analysts say first time unemployment compensation insurcance claims must drop below 400,000 and [...]
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