About 220,000 Workers Filed For Unemployment Last Week

 

The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment report on Thursday. It showed that about 220,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on September 9th. Here is the official Labor Department statement:

In the week ending September 9, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 220,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 216,000 to 217,000. The 4-week moving average was 224,500, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 229,250 to 229,500.