Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week, but remain near historically low levels, reflecting relatively few layoffs across the economy.
SCDEW says there was an increase in the number of South Carolinians who filed first time unemployment insurance claims last week.
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the third straight week.
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SCDEW says there was an increase in the number of first time unemployment insurance claims filed last week.
SCDEW says there was a decrease in the number of first time unemployment insurance claims filed in the Palmetto State last week.
Thousands more South Carolinians are getting back to work, according to SCDEW.
SCDEW says there was a decrease in initial unemployment insurance claims last week.
Unemployment insurance claims in South Carolina are trending upward, as high inflation rates and coronavirus cases sweeps through the state.
The nation’s unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9%, a pandemic low, even as employers added a modest 199,000 jobs, evidence that they are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans still reluctant to return to the workforce.
