jobless

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In the week through April 11, 207,000 people filed new jobless claims, down from 218,000 a week earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Weekly jobless claims and the Philly Fed index are due at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

OTTAWA—A muted recovery in hiring in Canada last month helped keep the jobless rate steady after the labor market’s weak start to the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Weekly jobless claims and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge — the personal-consumption expenditures index for February — and the second revision to fourth-quarter GDP are all due at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Perhaps to him I was someone he ought to look out for, a Korean- American, well educated, solitary-looking, seemingly jobless.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee