U.S. weekly jobless claims tick up to 200,000 amid tight labor market

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Initial jobless claims in the United States last week ticked up to 200,000 amid continued labor market tightness, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday.

In the week ending April 30, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 19,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of 181,000, according to a report released by the department's Bureau