Bond yields rose on Thursday, ahead of the latest data on the health of the labor market as investors also await more details on trade policy from the new White House.
Continuing claims, a proxy for people who are already receiving benefits and still can’t find a job, jumped to 1.9 million in the week ended Jan. 11, the highest since November 2021, according to ...
Treasury yields weaken as U.S. weekly jobless claims rise to 223,000 from 217,000. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected 221,000. The numbers indicate that employers let go of more ...
The rise in first-time jobless claims last week to 223,000 marked a six-week high, with California's massive wildfires a main driver of a surge in applications from the state, notes MarketWatch's ...
First-time applications for US unemployment insurance edged higher, while the number of Americans on benefit rolls climbed to a more than three-year high.