Utah’s unemployment claims inch up again after steady weekly declines

Unemployment claims bounced up slightly last week in Utah after eight weeks of declines since their pandemic-related highs in early April.The U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday that 5,452 Utahns filed for jobless benefits the week ending May 30, roughly 500 more than the week prior. They were among 1.54 million U.S workers who did the same across the country.The report marked only the second week that national weekly jobless claims had fallen below the 2 million mark since their historic