Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest in 4.5 Years
Date: Oct 11 2012
Filed under: Labor
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to the lowest level in more than four and a half years, according to government data on Thursday that suggested improvement in the labor market.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 30,000 to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the Labor Department said. It was the lowest number of new claims since February
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