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Hiring sign is displayed outside of Prospect Heights Park District in Prospect Heights, Ill., Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US applications for unemployment benefits hold steady, remain in recent healthy range

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week, a sign that the labor market remains healthy as companies continue to retain their employees.
 
A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Applications for jobless benefits inch up, but layoffs remain low, labor market healthy

 
Lori Chavez-DeRemer attends a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on her nomination for Secretary of Labor, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Trump’s labor secretary

 
Lori Chavez-DeRemer attends a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on her nomination for Secretary of Labor, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate committee recommends Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation as Trump’s labor secretary

 
Lori Chavez-DeRemer attends a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on her nomination for Secretary of Labor, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators ask Trump’s Labor Department nominee where her allegiance would lie

 

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File - Carrot fields are irrigated, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in New Cuyama, Calif. On Wednesday, the Labor Department releases producer prices data for September. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Wholesale inflation in US rises 2.2% in September, biggest year-over-year gain since April

 

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A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Palatine, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US applications for jobless benefits inch up but layoffs remain historically low

 
File - Construction workers move equipment on Jan. 17, 2023, in New York. On Tuesday, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for August. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

More evidence that the US job market remains hot after US job openings rise unexpectedly in August

 

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Court orders Subway franchise owners to pay workers nearly $1M - and to sell or close their stores

 
FILE - A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 17, 2023. When the town of Lahaina, which was leveled by wildfire in August, is rebuilt, local residents who survived the conflagration might not be able to afford to live there, leading economists warned on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Hawaii economists say Lahaina locals could be priced out of rebuilt town without zoning changes

 
A sign advertising jobs for bus drivers is posted in Palatine, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US applications for jobless benefits fall to lowest level in nearly 8 months

 

Federal investigation finds worker died after Georgia grain silo operator violated safety standards

 
FILE - A man reads a stop work order posted on the door of a Boston Market restaurant in Hackensack, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. State labor officials have lifted a stop-work order, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, that had temporarily shut down more than two dozen Boston Market restaurants in New Jersey. The move came after officials say the owner paid more than $630,000 in back wages to hundreds of workers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Boston Market restaurants shuttered in New Jersey over unpaid wages are allowed to reopen

 
Shoppers wait to purchase items in a boutique on Tennyson Street Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in northwest Denver. On Thursday, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for August.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Retail sales rise 0.6% in August largely due to a spike in gas prices

 
File - Heinz tomato ketchup is displayed in a Target store in Upper Saint Clair, Pa., on Friday, July 7, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department releases the producer price index for August, an indicator of inflation at the wholesale level. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Wholesale price inflation accelerated in August from historically slow pace

 
Shoppers look at blankets on sale in a Costco warehouse Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Sheridan, Colo. On Wednesday, the Labor Department issues its consumer prices report for August. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

High gas prices push up inflation, but prices overall are slowly moving in the right direction

 

Farm laborers to receive greater protections under Biden administration proposal

 

Wisconsin sawmill agrees to pay $191K to federal regulators after 16-year-old boy killed on the job

 
A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US applications for unemployment benefits fall to lowest level in 7 months

 

This Week in Business: factory orders, services industry health, layoffs update

 
File - A hiring sign seeking bus drivers is posted in Palatine, Ill., Wednesday, April 19, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

US applications for jobless claims inch back down as companies hold on to their employees

 
FILE -Julie Su, Acting Labor Secretary, speaks during an impromptu appearance at the "Democracy for the People" tour, a race and democracy summit sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus, Wednesday, July 28, 2023, in Houston. Biden administration proposed a new rule Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, reviving an Obama-era policy effort that was ultimately scuttled in court. “I’ve heard from workers again and again about working long hours, for no extra pay, all while earning low salaries that don’t come anywhere close to compensating them for their sacrifices,” Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su said in a statement. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Millions more workers would be entitled to overtime pay under a proposed Biden administration rule

 
Iron workers construct the framework for a Panasonic EV battery plant Thursday, May 18, 2023, near DeSoto, Kan. The U.S. job market has remained resilient, but Americans are facing higher prices and more expensive credit with the Federal Reserve hiking benchmark interest rates to combat inflation. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Job vacancies, quits plunge in July in stark sign of cooling trend in the US labor market

 

This Week in Business: Job openings, Chewy earnings, August jobs report

 
File - A "Now Hiring" sign is shown at the entrance to a Missouri Department of Corrections prison facility, Thursday, July 13, 2023, in Fulton, Mo. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits as labor market keeps humming along

 
FILE - A sign hangs above a Dollar Tree store in Des Moines, Iowa. U.S. regulators on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, have announced a settlement with the company that runs Dollar Tree and Family Dollar aimed at improving worker safety at thousands of the bargain stores across the country. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Dollar Tree and Family Dollar agree to take steps to improve worker safety at the bargain stores

 
A hiring sign is displayed outside a hardware store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Sunday, July 9, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. jobless claims applications fall as labor market continues to show resiliency

 
File - A man maneuvers a lift at S. Katzman Produce at the Hunts Point Produce Market on Nov. 22, 2022, in the Bronx borough of New York. On Friday, the Labor Department releases the producer price index for July, an indicator of inflation at the wholesale level. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Wholesale inflation in US edged up in July from low levels

 
A sign advertising for new drivers adorns the back of a tanker carrying fuel in the southbound lanes of Interstate 25 Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Loveland, Colo. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Number of Americans applying for jobless aid rises, but not enough to cause concern

 

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File - Driver Jose Viveros delivers beverages in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles, Thursday, July 27, 2023. On Friday, the U.S. government issues the July jobs report. The labor market has added jobs at a steady clip in the past year, despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Fewer Americans got jobs in July than expected. But a steady market suggests US may avoid recession

 
A hiring sign is displayed outside of a hardware store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Sunday, July 9, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Weekly applications for US jobless aid tick up from 5-month low

 
File - College students arrive for a job fair at Atlanta Tech Village, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Atlanta. On Tuesday, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for June. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, File)

Job openings fall to lowest level in 2 years as demand for workers cools

 
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