U.S. worker filings for unemployment benefits rose last week, reflecting a still tight labor market that has lost steam from earlier in the year.

Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to a seasonally adjusted 228,000 last week from the 219,000 the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday.

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