Initial Jobless Claims Jump, Hurricane Sandy Blamed
Date: Nov 15 2012
Filed under: Economy, Labor
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits surged last week to a 1½-year high, a sign superstorm Sandy had dented the U.S. economy by leaving tens of thousands of people out of work.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 78,000 to a seasonally adjusted 439,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. That was well above the median forecast in a Reuters poll of
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