Sentence examples for claims figure from inspiring English sources
Like the initial claims figure, that was the highest level since the week ended Feb. 20.
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
The previous week's claims figure was revised to show that 2,000 more applications were received than previously reported.
The weekly jobless claims figure (measuring the number of people filing new unemployment benefit claims) dipped by 2,000 people to 312,000.
From October 1990 to October 1992, a period of job loss, the first-time claims figure remained stubbornly above 400,000.
Economy watchers were more concerned with the continuing claims figure rising again.
Today's jobless claims figures were a real big positive".
In the fall of 2002, the number of payroll jobs grew while the claims figures were above 400,000.
National unemployment claims figures suggest the country's fragile labor market is struggling.
In December 2007 US diplomats reported multiple instances where "funds have been diverted and reimbursed claims figures have been seriously inflated".
But Hugh Tomlinson QC counselled that we should not "attach too much significance to year on year fluctuations" in claims' figures.
