New unemployment filings in U.S. rise to highest level in 8 months


job lay offs unemployment worthy christian news(Worthy News) – The number of American workers filing for new unemployment benefits has increased to its highest level since last fall, the Labor Department said Thursday in its weekly update.

The number of first-time filings, the department said, rose to about 244,000 last week, which is the most recent period for which data is available. It represented week-to-week increase of 9,000.

The figure is the highest it’s been since last November and is close to the lowest post-COVID19 pandemic level, 256,000. [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]

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