National News
Jobless Benefit Rolls Are Back to Their 2019 Share of the Workforce, Even as the Unemployment Rate Sits at 4.1 Per Cent
Initial claims for unemployment benefits rose by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 200,000 in the week to 7 November, the Labor Department said on 12 November. Continuing claims fell by 20,000 to 1.70 million. Both figures are below their levels a year ago, when the federal shutdown inflated filings.
