FIRST TIME UNEMPLOYMENT FILINGS DECREASING ACROSS PA

First time filings for unemployment are decreasing across Pennsylvania.  That’s according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which says for the week ending July 19th, there were more than ten-thousand first time filings in the state.  That number is down by more than 34-hundred filings compared to the week prior.  Nationally, the number of initial filings dropped for the week.