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US New Jobless Claims Falls Less Than Expected

Posted by Scott Boyd at 9:18 am UTC, 10/29/2009

The US Labor Department announced today that the number of people claiming unemployment benefits for the first time fell less than expected last week. The official total of newly-unemployed was down by 1,000 from the previous week to 530,000 – analysts predicted a better result of 521,000.

Associated Press

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