The number of people filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits in New York state rose 14 percent to 24,119 in the week ending Nov. 29, from 21,140 the week before.
That’s according to a U.S. Department of Labor news release issued Thursday.
The increase of nearly 3,000 unemployment-insurance applications in New York topped all U.S. states. Wisconsin posted the second biggest increase.
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It’s the fourth straight week that initial jobless claims have gone up in New York, signaling an increase in pink slips.
The number of people continuing to receive unemployment-insurance benefits in New York also rose to 174,973 from 168,174 in the prior week, according to the Labor Department data. Continuing claims in the state have now increased in six of the last seven weeks.
The state data is not seasonally adjusted.
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