and an ongoing virus pandemic. Jobless claims fell by 28, 000 to 187, 000 for the week ending March

WASHINGTON, June 2( Xinhua)--Initial jobless claims in the United States last week fell to

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level

COVID-19 pandemic.It was also the second straight week that claims remained below 300, 000 as

The weekly death rate for coronavirus in Scotland continues to fall, according to the most recent

15, a nominal increase of 51, 000 from the previous week.A recent surge in COVID-19 cases has set back what had been a strong comeback from last year’s short but devastating coronavirus recession.... Still, the unemployment rate fell last month to a pandemic low 3.9%. Data for December will be released next week, but in November, employers posted 10.6 million job openings, the fifth-highest monthly total in records going back to 2000.... A record 4.5 million workers, confident in their prospec

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 350, 000 applications for the latest week. Adjusting the data for seasonal fluctuations is tricky around this time of the year, a task that has been complicated by the pandemic.... The government-funded benefits will expire on Sept.... 6." Labor market data and other indicators show no clear effect so far," said Peter McCrory, an economist at JPMorgan in New York....

That was slowest since the second quarter of 2020, when the economy suffered a historic contraction in the wake of stringent mandatory measures to contain the first wave of coronavirus cases. The economy grew at a 6.7% rate in the second quarter.... Ebbing fiscal stimulus and Hurricane Ida, which devastated U.S. offshore energy production in late August, also weighed on the economy. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, grew at a 1.6% rate after a

The economy grew at a revised 6.3% rate in the first quarterEconomists polled by Reuters had forecast GDP rising at an 8.5% rate last quarter.... With the second-quarter estimate, the government published revisions to GDP data, which showed the economy contracting 3.4% in 2020, instead of 3.5% as previously estimated.... A resurgence in COVID-19 infections, driven by the Delta variant of the coronavirus, however, poses a risk to the outlook....

China aimed to tarnish America's reputation by making claims about the U.S. pandemic response....