US applications for jobless benefits fall last week despite elevated uncertainty over Trump tariffs

By MATT OTT Associated Press Business Writer WASHINGTON AP The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week despite heightened uncertainty about how President Donald Trump s tariffs will impact the U S financial market Related Articles What to know about the air traffic controller shortage Ex-model takes the stand in Harvey Weinstein s retrial The prior jury never heard about her Judge at Sean Diddy Combs trial scolds lawyer for calling prosecutors six pack of white women Lawsuit accuses former Los Angeles Lakers star Byron Scott of sexually assaulting teen girl in Weather and night vision goggles were likely factors in Marine Corps helicopter crash record finds Jobless claim applications fell by to for the week ending May the Labor Department mentioned Thursday That s in line with the new applications analysts forecast Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered a proxy for layoffs and have mostly bounced around a healthy range between and since COVID- decimated the business sector and wiped out millions of jobs The four-week average of insists which evens out a few of the week-to-week gyrations inched up by to The total number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for the week of April fell to million a decrease of