Unemployment Claims in U.S. Rises to Two-Month High - Bloomberg
More Americans than forecast filed applications for jobless benefits last week, reinforcing concern among Federal Reserve policy makers that the labor-market recovery will be slow to develop.
Unemployment claims increased 13,000 in the week ended April 7 to 380,000, the highest since Jan. 28, the Labor Department reported today in Washington. The median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey called for 355,000 claims. Other reports showed consumer confidence held near a four-year high and the trade gap narrowed more than projected.
The claims data, coming on the heels of last week