The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week hits 263,000, most in nearly 4 years

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 6 rose 27,000 to 263,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s the most filings since the week of Oct. 23, 2021 and well above the 231,000 new applications economists forecast. Weekly applications for joble...

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