Applications for US Jobless Aid Rise to Still-Low 267,000

More people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, though the increase was from a very low level and the figures still point to a healthy job market

In this photo taken June 10, 2015, job seekers attend a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, July 30, 2015. AP Photo/Alan Diaz

WASHINGTON—More people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, though the increase was from a very low level and the figures still point to a healthy job market.

Applications for jobless aid rose 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 267,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile figure that is a better measure of underlying trends, dropped 3,750 to 274,750.

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