U.S. weekly jobless claims tick up after falling to lowest level in decades

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Initial jobless claims in the United States last week ticked up to 202,000, after falling to the lowest level in decades, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday.

In the week ending March 26, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 14,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of 188,000, according to a report released by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.