Initial claims for state unemployment benefits held steady at a seasonally adjusted 248,000 for the week ended June 7, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining in the historically healthy range of the past couple years. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending July 5 fell by 5,

Unemployment claims are decreasing in some areas while soaring in others, highlighting the currently uneven state of the U.S. labor market.

US Dollar Index firms as yields hold, jobless claims beat forecasts, and traders eye DXY’s test of 97.899 pivot for a potential push toward 98.900.

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the Greenback against a basket of six major currencies, is edging higher during European trading hours. At the time of writing, the index hovers around 97.57, recovering from a daily low of 97.27.

Pre-market futures are flat this morning, again without much direction from outside influences. We’ve passed the 90-day tariff “deadline” with no ramifications; in fact, major indexes were up across the board,