jobless claims

First-time jobless claims totaled 351,000 last week, an increase from 16,000 a week before and well ahead of the 320,000 Dow Jones estimate.

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected retail sales to decline by 0.8% in August and for initial jobless claims to total 320,000.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits were expected to total 335,000 for the week ended Sept. 4.

August’s weak job and the pending expiration of pandemic-era unemployment programs this weekend are spurring renewed calls to extend the programs.

Economists polled by Dow Jones had expected first-time claims to total 345,000 for last week.

First-time jobless claims filings totaled 353,000 for the week ended Aug. 21 while second-quarter- GDP growth was revised up to 6.6%.

Jobless claims for the week ended Aug. 14 totaled 348,000, below the Dow Jones estimate for 365,000.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell for a third straight time last week, the latest sign that employers are laying off fewer people as they struggle to fill a record number of open jobs and meet a surge in consumer demand

Black and Hispanic unemployment dropped in the July jobs report, but the figures are high compared with the jobless rate for whites and Asians.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week by 14,000 to 385,000, more evidence that the economy and the job market are rebounding briskly from the coronavirus recession

Initial jobless claims totaled 385,000 for the week ended July 31, meeting estimates.

While the GDP gain would have been strong prior to the pandemic, it was considerably less than the 8.4% Dow Jones estimate.

Weekly jobless claims totaled 419,000 for the week ended July 17, above the 350,000 estimate.

Weekly jobless claims totaled 360,000 last week, matching Wall Street estimates.

Initial filings for unemployment insurance rose last week, a possible hint that the job growth seen in the first half of 2021 could be slowing.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance were expected to total 390,000 for the week ended June 26.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance were expected to total 380,000 for the week ended June 19.

Initial jobless claims totaled 412,000 last week, an increase of 37,000 from the previous week and higher than the 360,000 estimate.

The 3.8% rise in the core inflation rate, which excludes food and energy prices, was the sharpest increase in nearly three decades.

First-time filings totaled 385,000, a decline from the previous week’s 405,000 and below the estimate of 393,000.