A recruitment ad at a restaurant in St. George, Utah, on Sept. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Employment data continue to send mixed signals about labor market conditions as the number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits declined to a one-month low.
For the week ending Sept. 13, initial jobless claims fell by 33,000 to 231,000, the lowest level since the middle of August, according to new Department of Labor data released on Sept. 18. This represented the sharpest weekly drop in nearly four years.
