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U.S. Labor Reports Cover Layoff Announcements and New Claims
The monthly Challenger report counts corporate layoff announcements, while the weekly jobless-claims release tallies newly filed unemployment claims.
The Challenger Job-Cut Report and weekly jobless claims cover separate parts of the U.S. labor market: announced layoffs and newly filed unemployment claims.
The monthly Challenger report counts and categorizes corporate layoff announcements using mass-layoff data collected by state labor departments. The weekly jobless-claims release tallies newly filed unemployment claims.