U.S. jobless claims leap 66,000 to 374,000 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – The number of people who filed new requests for U.S. unemployment benefits surged to 374,000 in the first week of October – the highest level in six months – because of ongoing application-processing snafus in California and government shutdown-related layoffs, the Labor Department said Thursday. The 66,000 […]![]()
