Jobless Claims

Spending Up, Jobless Claims Down, But Still No Economic Recovery Yet

Posted 11.25.2009 | Business


There's good news and bad news today for the US economy. The good news is that consumer spending rose 0.7% last month, according to the Commerce Depar...

New Jobless Benefit Claims Unchanged At 505K

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and TALI ARBEL | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain we...

First-Time Jobless Claims Drop Less Than Expected

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of people claiming jobless benefits for the first time dropped less than expected last week, evidence that the labor mar...

7,000 Americans Run Out Of Unemployment Benefits Every Day

Yahoo! Finance | Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.Com Senior Writer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business


Another day, another 7,000 people run out of unemployment benefits....

Leading indicators signal growth, but jobs scarce

AP | TALI ARBEL | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — A private forecast of economic activity rose for the sixth straight month in September, a sign the economy may keep growing early nex...

U.S. Job Openings Fall To Lowest Level In At Least Nine Years

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of job seekers competing for each opening has reached the highest point since the recession began, according to governme...

Unemployment: Obama Confronts "Permanent Destruction" Of Thousands Of Jobs

bloomberg.com | Rich Miller | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business


Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Full employment ain't what it used to be. Economists since the mid-1990s have reckoned that full employment was equivalent ...

New Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected To 550K

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The ending of the recession is reviving global trade, increasing U.S. imports by a record amount in July and boosting foreign deman...

New Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly To 576K

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- The number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly for the second straight week, a sign that jobs remain scarce...

Underemployed?: Recession Pushing More Americans Into Part-Time Work

Washington Post's The Ticker | Frank Ahrens | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business


Unemployed Americans are so discouraged about the prospect of finding a new job that they're checking out of the labor force at the highest and fastes...

New Jobless Claims Drop By 38,000, Beating Estimates

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — In a positive sign for the economy, companies are laying off fewer workers as they prepare to ramp up production to replenish their...

Unemployment: Cash-Strapped States Delay Checks For Hundreds Of Thousands

nytimes.com | JASON DePARLE | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- Years of state and federal neglect have hobbled the nation's unemployment system just as a brutal recession has doubled the number of jo...

New Jobless Claims Up To 554k

AP | Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week, though the government said its report again was disto...

565K New Jobless Claims, Lowest Level Since Jan.

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Even though new claims for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, dipping below 600,000 for the first time since early...

New Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly To 627K, 6.7M Still Unemployed

Yahoo! Finance | Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people filing new jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week, and the total unemployment benefit rolls rose to more...

How Now Schizophrenic Dow?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

Oil is going up, interest rates are going up and unemployment will go --- all bad things --- and yet they're not killing the market. One money manager says that means the upward trend remains intact.

New Jobless Claims Drop To 601K; Retail Sales Rise

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has set another record, a development likely to weigh on consumer spending and...

Jobless Claims Jump More Than Expected

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — A bit of sour news Thursday _ in the form of increased jobless claims and higher wholesale prices _ suggested the economy is moving...

Total Number Receiving Jobless Benefits Set Record For 14th Straight Week

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has...

Jobless Claims At 640K: More Than Expected

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.24.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Worse-than-expected news on unemployment and home sales Thursday dampened optimism that a broad economic recovery might be near. M...

Three Reasons to Cheer, Quietly

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.18.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

People have been telling me that I should cheer up. So I went online and don't you know, I found three great reasons to do so.

Recession Is Far From Over As Jobless Tops 6 Million For First Time

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.17.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Housing construction unexpectedly plunged, the number of people receiving jobless benefits grew and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said its f...

New jobless claims fall more than expected to 654K

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — New jobless claims fell more than expected last week but are stuck at elevated levels, while the number of people continuing to rec...

Signs recession nears bottom, but layoffs persist

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Fresh signs that factories are coming back to life and a bank CEO's encouraging outlook fueled more hopes Thursday that the economy...

Total jobless benefit rolls top 5.5M

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off Americans filing initial jobless benefit claims rose slightly last week while the number of people continuin...