U.S. unemployment claims in the week ended June 1 remained below last year's level even amid a slight uptick, data from the Department of Labor showed Thursday morning.
Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims rose 8,000 to 229,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level. That compares with 255,000 claims filed in the same week a year ago, the Labor Department said in a press release.
The data came days after th...