Sentences with phrase «time jobless claims»

The Labor Department said Thursday that first - time jobless claims dropped by 15,000 to 358,000 last week, although week - to - week changes can be volatile.

The news comes on the heels of a report that said first - time jobless claims fell to 363,000 last month, and a private study that estimated 158,000 jobs have been added.

Not exact matches

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.

Back then, the market worried over issues such as the start and speed of Fed tapering, discussions of the timing of a rate increase, and an improving jobless claims number.

As I mentioned above, the four - week moving average of the jobless claims data breached 500,000 this week, which has happened only 4 other times.

Investors appeared to shrug off the resignation of White House advisor Gary Cohn and an increase in first - time U.S. jobless claims in the prior week.

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.