Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New York dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 22,223 in the week ending January 11, down from 37,298 the week before, the Labor Department said.

A report released Wednesday from the United States Department of the Treasury indicates New York State still owes the federal government more than $6 billion, plus $48 million in interest for a Title XII loan taken out to help the state pay unemployment to out of work residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The administration announced it would penalize its largest-ever batch of companies linked to Xinjiang, including major suppliers of critical minerals and textiles.

More than half of federal employees were either teleworking regularly or fully remote” by May 2024, the report notes.

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