Jobless claims rise in latest week

U.S. retail sales edged higher in December, showing that consumers kept spending through the holiday season, but the increase ...
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain historically low and the job ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Wisconsin dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...
Initial jobless claims rose by 14,000 to 217,000 in the week ending Jan. 11, in part due to a spike in claims from ...