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April 10, 2026

Jobless claims jump to 219,00 last week

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week before Iran, Israel and the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire deal that injected a degree of optimism into a still-clouded global economic picture.

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid for the week ending April 4 jumped by 16,000 to 219,000 from the previous week's 203,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.


 
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