Number of Americans losing jobs remains low

• August 10, 2017
• realestatelife
• Business & Markets, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, World News

Initial claims for U.S. unemployment-insurance benefits inched higher in the latest week but continued to signal a healthy labor market, according to government data released Thursday.

The number of people who applied for U.S. unemployment-insurance benefits rose by 3,000 to 244,000 in the week that ended August 5, the Labor Department reported.