WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Initial jobless claims in the United States last week rose for the third straight week amid a tight labor market, reaching 218,000, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday.
In the week ending May 14, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 21,000 from the previous week's downwardly revised level of 197,000, according to a report released by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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