jobless claims
Seeking benefits applications
Jobless claims are applications filed by workers seeking unemployment benefits after losing their jobs.
The term appears mainly in economic reporting, where weekly jobless claims serve as an indicator of labor market health: Initial jobless claims fell to their lowest level in months.
A rise in claims suggests increasing layoffs; a decline signals job market stability.
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- unemployment ratePercentage without jobs seeking work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- out of workWithout paid employment
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- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- labor economicsjob market, labor supply, labor demand, employment rates, unemployment rates
- economic indicatorsGDP, GDP report, GNP, CPI, PPI
- Unemployment Insuranceunemployment benefits, wage replacement, waiting period
- job assistancejob search, job placement, job boards, job fairs, job listings
jobless claimsjob creation
Establishing new work positions
job openings · job growth · labor demand · onboarding · talent acquisition
jobless claimsfull employment
All willing workers employed
worker shortage · talent war · employment growth · labor shortage · hiring spree
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