US weekly jobless claims fall

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 216,000 for the week ended Oct. 26, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...
The numbers: The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell sharply for the second week in a row to 227,000, reversing a spike in claims earlier in the month after a ...
The four-week moving average of total jobless claims sent the same week was 1,869,250, an increase of 10,750 from the previous week. Advertisement Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Big Apple is cooking amid a ...