New unemployment claims dropped slightly in Florida for the week ending Aug. 2 .

U.S. Department of Labor ( DOL ) figures show there were 6,129 initial claims last week. That’s down by 218 filings for the week ending July 26, when there were 6,347.

The latest change continues a trend of up and down fluctuations in jobs reports this Summer in Florida. Early June started with more than 8,000 claims for one week, which was the largest total so far this year. Since then, numbers have fallen to more customary figures, though they have increased some weeks and decreased others.

The latest Florida numbers cut against the grain of the national trend for the week ending Aug. 2, when there were 194,988 new filings. That’s an increase, though only a slight one. The number is up by 1,198 fr

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