US Initial Jobless Claims Rose Last Week, State Data Suggest
Recruiters speak to job seekers at a job fair in Boone, North Carolina.
Photographer: Allison Joyce/BloombergApplications for US unemployment benefits rose last week, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of unadjusted state-level filings released during the federal government shutdown.
Initial claims increased to about 228,000 in the week ended Nov. 1 from a revised 219,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department data suggest.