Florida ends May with slight increase in new jobless claims
First-time weekly unemployment insurance claims saw an increase for the final week of May, according to new figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor.
There were 6,920 initial unemployment benefit claims filed in the Sunshine State for the week ending June 1, using seasonally unadjusted data. That’s up from the week ending May 25, when there were 6,276 initial jobless claims in Florida.
The latest figures cap an up-and-down month for initial unemployment weekly claims in Florida. May began with a steep drop in claims, with the first-time numbers falling to 5,893 for the week ending May 4. The next week saw that figure jump substantially, to 7,051. That was followed by two weeks of dec...
