Ben Rooney
CNNMoney
February 17, 2011
The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits edged up last week, the government said Thursday.
There were 410,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended Feb. 12, according to the Labor Department. That was up 25,000 from the week before, and slightly more than the 408,000 claims economists surveyed by Briefing.com had expected.
Continuing claims — which include people filing for the second week of benefits or more — rose by 1,000 to 3,911,000 in the week ended Feb. 5, the most recent week available.
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