The Labor Department reported earlier this week that there were 10.6 million open jobs at the end of November. GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Thursday's report suggests that companies are making an effort to retain the workers they already have. Businesses have struggled to keep up with the demand, however, and have reported difficulties in onboarding new employees. 'So with the labor market somewhat under control, jobless claims are likely going to fade into the background while the Fed is focused on their inflation mandate.'Д¬laims have continually declined as the economy recovers from the pandemic and Americans venture out to travel, shop and eat. 'While hiring has certainly been a challenge, the employment picture has been improving and edging toward what it was pre-pandemic,' said Mike Loewengart, managing director of investment strategy at E*Trade. 18, a decrease of 199,869 from the previous week by comparison, just a little over one year ago, an estimated 20.15 million Americans were receiving benefits. The report shows that roughly 1.722 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits for the week ending Dec. WHERE ARE SURGING CONSUMER PRICES HITTING AMERICANS THE HARDEST?Д¬ontinuing claims, or the number of Americans who are consecutively receiving unemployment aid, rose to 1.754 million, an increase of 36,000 from the previous week.

1 climbed slightly to 207,000 from a revised 200,000 a week earlier, missing the 197,000 forecast by Refinitiv analysts. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefitsВ remained near a 52-year low last week, even as an unprecedented surge in COVID-19В cases driven by the super contagious omicron variant threatened to undermine the economy's recovery.ДЇigures released Thursday by the Labor Department show that applications for the week ended Jan. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita discusses the state's plan to appeal a lawsuit over ending weekly federal unemployment benefits.

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