WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, suggesting hiring remains sluggish.
The Labor Department says weekly unemployment benefit applications rose 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 386,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, rose for the third straight week to 382,000, the highest in six weeks.
Applications are a measure of the pace of layoffs. They fell steadily during the fall and winter but have since leveled off.
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