States reported that 251,000 staff filed for brand new unemployment advantages throughout the week ending July 16, a rise of seven,000 from the earlier week’s stage. The variety of staff persevering with to say unemployment advantages—1.3 million—remains to be properly beneath the pre-pandemic common of 1.7 million. The nationwide unemployment charge, at 3.6 %, is hovering close to a report low.
Jobless claims have remained close to pre-pandemic ranges since early this yr, as employers have typically averted shedding staff as a consequence of traditionally excessive demand. However the variety of preliminary unemployment claims is at its highest stage in eight months and information of extra layoffs trickle out every day. Job cuts have accelerated from the know-how sector into the automotive, client merchandise, leisure, monetary and actual property sectors.
