Friday, January 23, 2009
Filled Under: Layoffs in USA
New jobless claims rise more than expected to 589K
The Labor Department reported Thursday that initial jobless benefit claims rose to a seasonally adjusted 589,000 in the week ending Jan. 17, from an upwardly revised figure of 527,000 the previous week. The latest tally was well above Wall Street economists’ expectations of 540,000 new claims, according to AP.
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