Fewer Americans file for jobless claims last week
Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, reflecting a still-robust job market despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the economy and bring down decades-high inflation
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Your support makes all the difference.Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, reflecting a still-robust job market despite the Federal Reserve's efforts to cool the economy and bring down decades-high inflation.
Applications for unemployment aid for the week ending Dec. 31 fell by 19,000 to 204,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The four-week moving average of claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week volatility, fell by 6,750 to 220,500.
Jobless claims are generally viewed as a proxy for layoffs, which have been relatively low since the pandemic wiped out roughly 20 million jobs in the spring of 2020.
About 1.69 million people were receiving jobless aid the week that ended Dec. 24, about 24,000 fewer than the week before.