Applications for Jobless Benefits Decline Last Week

WASHINGTON—The fig of Americans applying for unemployment benefits came backmost down past week, hovering adjacent levels suggesting the U.S. labour marketplace has been mostly unaffected by the Federal Reserve’s assertive involvement complaint hikes. Applications for jobless assistance fell to 225,000 for the week ending Nov. 26, a diminution of 16,000 from the erstwhile week’s 241,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week moving mean of cl...