WASHINGTON, March 5 () - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week ...

Initial jobless claims measure the number of people who file for unemployment for the first time in a given week. In the week ...

Economists had estimated that the figure from the Labor Department would come in at 215,000 in the week ended on February 28. For the week until February 21, the jobless claims number was 213,000.

"Initial claims traditionally start to settle down after Presidents Day, so the weekly readings should start to get cleaner in the next few weeks." The government reported on Wednesday that job growth ...

Washington — The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased slightly last week and the unemployment rate appeared to hold steady in February amid a stable labor market.