RI weekly unemployment claims increased last week as U.S. claims fall to a pandemic low
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New weekly unemployment claims in Rhode Island increased last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.
New claims, a proxy for layoffs, rose to 5,546 in the week ending April 17, up from 4,973 the week before, the labor department said.
Last year at this time, there were 18,078 new claims in Rhode Island as businesses laid off and furloughed their employees in the early days of the pandemic.
What is the national unemployment level?
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New weekly unemployment claims in Vermont increased last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.
New claims, a proxy for layoffs, rose to 2,507 in the week ending April 17, up from 2,252 the week before, the labor department said.
Last year at this time, there were 6,598 new claims in Vermont as businesses laid off and furloughed their employees in the early days of the pandemic.
What is the national rate of unemployment?
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 547,000 last week, down 39,000 claims from 586,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis.
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Claims for unemployment benefits in U.S. at lowest level since before COVID
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 547,000 last week, down 39,000 claims from 586,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis.
New claims have dropped to their lowest level since before the pandemic, a positive sign for the country s economic recovery. Last Thursday s report also showed U.S. jobless claims dropping to their lowest level since before the pandemic, and economists expected jobless claims to creep back up last week. That didn t happen.
New U.S. claims peaked in the pandemic in early April with more than six million claims on a seasonally adjusted basis. Claims have slowly fallen since then, and now the four-week moving average is 651,000 claims as COVID-19 cases have dropped and states have loosened restrictions on businesses.