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Unemployment claims in New York increased last week

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New York rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...
The unemployment rate was 4.4% in December as 50,000 nonfarm jobs were added in the U.S., lower than Wall Street’s estimates ...
2025 was marked by relatively strong job growth in the first few months, followed by cooling, with some months showing net ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its jobs report, showing that the US added 50,000 jobs in December, and the ...
Employers continued to hire modestly in December and the unemployment rate declined, federal data showed on Friday, but hiring across 2025 was the weakest in five years, driven in part by government ...
New York added 18,000 private-sector jobs in November, even as the state’s unemployment rate climbed to 4.5%, according to ...
The unemployment gap between college-educated workers ages 22 to 27 and young workers more generally — those with graduate ...
Americans are feeling increasingly hopeless about their employment prospects, new survey data showed Thursday.
Job growth slowed in December, with payroll employment up by 50,000 and the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.4%, signaling a labor market that remains ...
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 214,000 last week, down 10,000 claims from 224,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Nebraska saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims, ...
On Wall Street, power company Vistra soared 10.5% to help lead the market after signing a 20-year deal to provide electricity ...
On Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the latest snapshot on the health of the US labor ...