Another 860,000 Americans Filed Weekly Jobless Claims Last Week

Unionized hospitality workers wait in line in a basement garage to apply for unemployment benefits at the Hospitality Training Academy in Los Angeles on March 13, 2020. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week ticked down by 33,000 from the previous week to 860,000, as the labor market continues its grueling recovery from the COVID-19 recession.

The Labor Department also noted in its Sept. 17 release (pdf) that the previous week’s initial claims for state unemployment benefits were revised upward from 884,000 to 893,000.