More than 51,000 people applied for first-time unemployment benefits in the last week, according to data released by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The 51,108 first-time claims bring the state’s unemployment total to 607,788 in the last nine ...

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More than 65,000 new unemployment claims were filed in Maryland as the total number of people who are out of work in the state exceeds 500,000 in two months.

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U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in November, a slowdown from recent months but enough to suggest that the economy is expanding at a solid pace despite sharp gyrations in the stock market.

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The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September — the lowest level since December 1969 — signaling how the longest streak of hiring on record has put millions of Americans back to work.

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Hiring picked up in August as U.S. employers added a strong 201,000 jobs, a sign of confidence that consumers and businesses will keep spending despite the Trump administration's conflicts with U.S. trading partners.

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U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding 157,000 jobs, a solid gain but below the healthy pace in the first half of this year.

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U.S. employers kept up a brisk hiring pace in June by adding 213,000 jobs, a sign of confidence in the economy despite the start of a potentially punishing trade war with China.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent from 3.9 percent in April. Average hourly pay rose 2.7 percent from ...

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In preliminary employment estimates for January published Monday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, Maryland gained 12,900 total jobs, an increase of half a percent.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in July, a second straight month of robust gains that underscore the economy’s vitality as it enters a ninth year of expansion. The unemployment rate slipped to 4.3 percent from 4.4 percent, matching ...

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