Massachusetts
Slightly more Americans apply for jobless benefits, but layoffs remain at healthy levels
Massachusetts reported 4,482 “advance” initial claims for unemployment insurance last week.
The four-week average of claims, which offsets some of the week-to-week gyrations, fell to 222,250, a small decline of 750 from the previous week.
Unemployment benefit applications for the week ending June 1 rose by 8,000 to 229,000, up from 221,000 ... [2405 chars]