US weekly jobless claims drop more than expected
- Source
- Argaam - Main News
- Source link
- https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/1930855
- Published
- 2026-08-20 16:50:00
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-20 16:28:31
- Category
- GCC Spotlight
- Geography
- Saudi Arabia
- Organisations
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- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
<p><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/4a917679-a79c-42a1-a81d-6624e4f624bf.png"></p> <hr> <p >The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits fell in the week ending Aug. 15, indicating that the US labor market remains resilient.</p> <p ></p> <p >The number of applications dropped by 6,000, compared to the previous week's revised figure of 212,000, against expectations of recording 210,000, according to the Labor Department report released Thursday.</p> <p ></p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="5" > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span ><span >Weekly US Jobless Claims</span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span ><span >Item</span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Last Year</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span ><span >Previous</span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span ><span >Current</span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span ><span >Change</span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span ><span >Initial Claims (‘000)</span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >233</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >212</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >206</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span ><span >(6)</span></span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span ><span >Four-Week Average (‘000)</span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >225.5</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span ><span >199.75</span></span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span ><span >204</span></span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span ><span >+4.25</span></span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span ><span >Total Beneficiaries (mln)</span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >1.957</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >1.781</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >1.799</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span ><span >+0.018</span></span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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