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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: mystery-ak on April 04, 2019, 05:34:15 pm
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U.S. jobless claims fall to 49-year low, below all forecasts
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April 04 2019, 8:36am EDT
Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell, dropping to the lowest since December 1969, as the labor market tightened further.
Jobless claims decreased to 202,000 in the week ended March 30, below all economist forecasts, Labor Department figures showed Thursday. The four-week average, a less-volatile measure, declined to 213,500, the lowest since October.
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