crashbandicoothogwild| U.S. initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by the largest since September

Gelonghui May 23| Initial U.S. jobless claims fell last week, and applications remained sluggish as job demand and layoffs eased. The U.S. Department of Labor announced ThursdaycrashbandicoothogwildData shows that as of May 18crashbandicoothogwildIn a week of 2000, initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 8000 to 21crashbandicoothogwild.50,000 people, the largest decline since September last year, after a similar decline occurred the week before, with a median forecast of 220,000. As of the week ending May 11, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits was 1.79 million, with little change.