Sentences with phrase «jobless claims for»

Data on initial jobless claims for the latest week and import prices for March will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET.

And, on Thursday, the Labor Department will release the number of weekly jobless claims for the past week.

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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.

All markets will continue to focus on the volatility in the equity and bond markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's FOMC Meeting Statement followed by reports tomorrow on UK PMI, Eurozone PPI, CPI, US Challenger Job Cuts, Productivity, Unit Labor Costs, Jobless Claims, Trade Balance, Markit Services PMI, ISM Services, Durable Goods and Factory Orders for near term direction.

On the calendar for Thursday, existing home sales are expected at 10 a.m. EDT and weekly jobless claims are at 8:30 a.m. EDT.

Jobless claims, which are a weekly guide to employment, declined for the week ending August 30, by 9K down to 322K which is the lowest print of 2013.

Also scheduled for Thursday are the European Central Bank's meeting, weekly jobless claims and former FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

For example, weekly initial jobless claims are currently running at around the 345,000 level, which in the past has been consistent with monthly employment gains of around 150,000; the manufacturing ISM employment index is at a 20 - year high; and growth in temporary - help services employment (which tends to lead overall employment) has picked up.

We have yet to see this play out — jobs growth has been steady for 72 straight months, jobless claims have been falling and confidence in the labor market is at a nine - year high — but the divergence between profits and employment is something to keep an eye on.

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.

Delving into details, continuing claims for the week ended 21 April dropped to 1.76 million from 1.83 million, and the insured jobless rate dropped one tenth, to 1.2 percent.

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.

We are not concerned yet, but we are watching out for any sustained and significant increase in Initial Jobless Claims.

This is a long term bullish sign for the stock market because jobless claims tend to rise before a bear market and recession begins.

Initial jobless claims continue to make new lows for this economic expansion.

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.

This was in spite of investors learning that initial jobless claims had declined by 1,000 to 232,000 for the prior week (remaining at an almost 45 - year low).

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.

Initial Jobless Claims (310K, expected), Existing Homes Sales for April (4.69 M, exp.)

Having said that, US jobless claims are at their lowest level in 45 years, which suggests fewer people are looking for work altogether.

Initial jobless claims surprisingly fell for a second week in a row, down 23,000 in the week of September 16 to a level of 259,000.

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.