Applications for jobless benefits drop slightly
WASHINGTON - Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, but the drop wasn't enough to reverse a big increase the previous week.
Applications for jobless benefits fell by 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 452,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.
The decline comes after the department substantially revised the previous week's figure to show a rise of 26,000 - double the increase initially reported.
Even with last week's decline, applications remain stuck around 450,000.
The four-week average dropped by 4,250 to 458,000. Still, that's above the figure from two weeks ago. - AP
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
