Jobs
US Initial Jobless Claims Fell Last Week, State Data Suggest
Recruiters speak to jobseekers at the Appalachian State University internship and job fair in Boone, North Carolina on Oct. 24.
Photographer: Allison Joyce/BloombergApplications for US unemployment benefits fell last week, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of unadjusted state-level filings released during the federal government shutdown.
Initial claims decreased to about 218,000 in the week ended Oct. 25 from a revised 231,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department data suggest.