The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose by 2,000 during the week ended Dec. 16. There were 205,000 initial claims filed that week, up from the revised level of 203,000 for the previous week, the Department of Labor (DOL) said in a Thursday (Dec. 21) press...
Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits decreased during the week ending on Saturday (Aug. 19). The seasonally adjusted figure for that week’s initial claims stood at 230,000, marking a decline of 10,000 from the previous week’s revised level, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said the nation’s unemployment rate was 13.3 percent in May, but a closer look shows that the number is actually more than three times as large. CNBC reports that nearly half of the population is jobless. The employment-population ratio,...
Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group, that means introducing new ways to lift the...
May 02, 2024
The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance held steady during the week ending on Saturday (April 27). The total of 208,000 initial claims was unchanged from that of the previous week, which was revised up by 1,000 to 208,000, the Department of Labor (DOL) said in a Thursday (May 2) press release. The four-week moving average of […]
December 21, 2023
The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose by 2,000 during the week ended Dec. 16. There were 205,000 initial claims filed that week, up from the revised level...
August 24, 2023
Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits decreased during the week ending on Saturday (Aug. 19). The seasonally adjusted figure for that week’s initial claims stood at 230,000, marking a decline...
June 29, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said the nation’s unemployment rate was 13.3 percent in May, but a closer look shows that the number is actually more than three times...
