Weekly Jobs Report: 787,000 people filed for first time benefits

The number of Americans filing for first time unemployment numbers have fallen for three weeks in a row, but the numbers still show a lot of pain in the marketplace.

The number of americans filing- for first time unemployment - numbers have fallen for three - weeks in a row, but the numbers- still show a lot of pain in the- marketplace.- the labor department reports- that 787-thousand - people filed for first time - benefits last week.

- that's better than most analyst- expected, and it- is the third drop in- unemployment benefits in three- weeks.- but 787-thousand is well off of- pre-pandemic- numbers back