WKYT - Home - Headlines

Sandy may distort US jobless aid applications

WASHINGTON (AP) - More Americans likely filed for unemployment benefits last week.

Economists surveyed by the firm FactSet predict that when the Labor Department releases figures later this morning, they'll show that weekly applications rose by 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000.

Weekly applications have fluctuated between 360,000 and 390,000 since January, but economists say because of last week's East Coast superstorm, more people were temporarily out of work.


Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station.
powered by Disqus

Current Conditions

Weather for Lexington, Kentucky
70° F
Clear
Wed
83 67
Thu
70 61
Fri
63 42
Sat
66 41

Opinion

What are you doing Memorial Day weekend?

Traveling
Staying home
Have to work
Nothing, enjoying time off

Most Commented

powered by Disqus

Enter your number for a chance to win great prizes!
Message and data rates may apply
Refuse to Lose

Viewer Photos

Text Links

Premium reloading brass once fired

WKYT

2851 Winchester Rd. Lexington, Ky 40509 859-299-0411 - switchboard 859-299-2727 - newsroom
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0 - 177838851