U.S. jobless claims inch up from six-month low

• August 24, 2017
• realestatelife
• Business & Markets, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, World News

The number of people who applied for U.S. unemployment-insurance benefits inched up by 2,000 to 234,000 in the week that ended Aug. 19, after hitting a six–month low in the prior week, according to Labor Department data released Thursday.