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May 8, 2026

Jobless claims rise to 200,000

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. jobless claim applications rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite elevated inflation and other economic headwinds.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending May 2 rose by 10,000 to 200,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That's fewer than the 205,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting.


 
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