Jobless claims rise slightly to 215,000, but labor market shows little sign of trouble
May 30, 2019 at 08:32 AM EDT
The number of people who applied for jobless benefits rose slightly in late May, but not enough to put a dent in the strongest U.S. labor market in decades. Initial jobless claims, a rough way to measure layoffs, rose by 3,000 to 215,000.
