New unemployment claims climbed by 11,000 for the week ending Aug. 16 over the week before bringing the number of new claims to 235,000, DOL says in report.

U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years.

New unemployment claims climbed by 11,000 for the week ending Aug. 16 over the week before bringing the number of new claims to 235,000, DOL says in report.