Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell for the fourth consecutive week, the year’s longest streak of drops. According to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, 4,411 people applied for unemployment, for the week ending Sunday, compared with 4,492 initial claims in the week ending Aug. 16. That’s still well above the figures for the same period in 2008, when 2,785 people applied for unemployment. Continuing unemployment claims were also down, from 64,319 for the week ending Aug. 16, to 63,420 as of Sunday.
Initial unemployment claims drop in La. for fourth week
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