North Carolina unemployment requests increased last week

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The initial records for unemployment benefits in North Carolina have increased last week, compared to the previous week, the US Labor Department said on Thursday.

The new jobs without jobs, a proxy for redundancies, increased to 3,716 in the week ending on March 8, increasing compared to 3,341 a week before, said the Labor Department.

US unemployment requests decreased to 220,000 last week, decreasing by 2,000 demands from 222,000 in the previous week, on a seasonal adjusted base.

Alaska registered the highest percentage increase in weekly claims, with demands jumping by 53.8%. Meanwhile, New Hampshire has registered the highest percentage decrease in new claims, demanding by 66.5%.

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