WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, consistent with labor market resilience. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 215,000 for the week ended June 20, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 225,000 claims for the...

COMMERCE CITY, Colorado, June 25 (Reuters) - Gerardo Verdugo voted for Donald Trump in 2024 hoping for an economic revival. Instead, the president's tariffs drove up the cost of the imported sweets he sells at his Mexican candy shop in Commerce City, outside of Denver. Scenes of masked immigration agents rounding up his fellow Latinos deepened his disillusion. But that...

08:06 AM EDT, 06/25/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The US dollar rose against its major trading partners early Thursday ahead of a busy day of economic data releases, starting with weekly jobless claims, durable goods orders, personal income and spending and the Chicago Federal Reserve's national activity index, all for May, and the final estimate of Q1 GDP, all due for...

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, June 24 (Reuters) - A Federal Reserve Bank of New York official involved in implementing monetary policy cautioned on Wednesday against reading too much into language in last week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting that addressed how the central bank manages its expansive balance sheet. The document, released on June 17 when the FOMC met for...