U.S. worker filings for unemployment benefits rose last week but remained near historically low levels, in a sign many employers continue to hold on to their employees.
Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased by 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 225,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. That is close to the prepandemic 2019 weekly average of 218,000, when the labor market was also strong.
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