He cited improvements in consumer spending and a drop in
jobless benefit claims as signs of recovery.
Not exact matches
And the U.S. Labor Department said that
claims for
jobless benefits declined last week by 2,000 to 326,000, which was in line with expectations.
The first allows those
claiming Employment Insurance to earn extra income on top of their
benefits, and the other inflates
benefits for claimants in regions with high
jobless rates.
There are two categories of
jobless claims — initial, which comprises people filing for the first time, and continuing, which consists of unemployed people who have been receiving unemployment
benefits for a while.
Initial
Jobless Claims is a measure of the number of jobless claims filed by individuals seeking to receive state jobless be
Jobless Claims is a measure of the number of jobless claims filed by individuals seeking to receive state jobless ben
Claims is a measure of the number of
jobless claims filed by individuals seeking to receive state jobless be
jobless claims filed by individuals seeking to receive state jobless ben
claims filed by individuals seeking to receive state
jobless be
jobless benefits.
Jobless Claims is the number of people who are filing or have filed to receive unemployment insurance
benefits, as reported weekly by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Tens of thousands of people cheat the state out of an estimated $ 150 million every year through unemployment insurance fraud, including prison inmates, people who were on overseas vacations when they applied for
benefits and people who had «off the books» jobs but
claimed to be
jobless.
Jobless claims rise by largest amount in 3 months By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP)-- The number of people filing new
claims for unemployment
benefits unexpectedly rose last week by the largest amount in three months.
was finally released, the pound jumped even higher as a knee - jerk reaction because the report looked good on the surface, with the
jobless rate for the three months to September unchanged at a record low 4.3 % and the number of people who
claimed unemployment
benefits increasing only by 1.1 K in October, which is less than the expected 2.9 K increase.
And when the U.K.'s latest jobs report was finally released, the pound jumped even higher as a knee - jerk reaction because the report looked good on the surface, with the
jobless rate for the three months to September unchanged at a record low 4.3 % and the number of people who
claimed unemployment
benefits increasing only by 1.1 K in October, which is less than the expected 2.9 K increase.
Fueling the uptick: a promising jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a three - year low and first - time
claims for
jobless benefits falling last week to a four - year low, according to a Labor Department report Thursday.