Jobless claims remain in post-COVID trench, falling unexpectedly in early August
BY MATT OTT AND ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 14, 2025
Washington DC leads America in unemployment rate for 3rd straight month
BY FATIMA HUSSEIN AND ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years.
Jobless claims remain in post-COVID trench, falling unexpectedly in early August
BY MATT OTT AND ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 14, 2025
Washington DC leads America in unemployment rate for 3rd straight month
BY FATIMA HUSSEIN AND ASSOCIATED PRESS

Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 9 fell by 3,000 to 224,000, the Labor Department reported…

November saw highest unemployment since 2021, largely attributed to federal worker reductions under Trump.

The summer of layoffs is real.

Applications for unemployment benefits plummeted to a three-year low the prior week.

The economy is in a puzzling place.

The nation's new jobless claims were fewer than 200,000 for the week ending on Saturday, marking the third straight week that new…