Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, decreased slightly to a seasonally adjusted 217,000 last week from a revised 218,000 the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims are up from earlier this year but remain near their pre-pandemic 2019 average of 218,000, when the labor market also was robust, reports the Wall Street
US weekly initial jobless claims dip slightly
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