Applications for US jobless benefits rise but remain in a healthy range

FILE - A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Mount Prospect, Ill., Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years.

Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 16 rose by 11,000 to 235,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s slightly more than the 229,000 new applications that economists had forecast.

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