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U.S. Jobless Claims on the Rise

Posted by Scott Boyd at 9:18 am UTC, 02/18/2010

The US Labor Department said today that the number of new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week by 31,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 473,000. The increase caught analysts by surprise in the wake of last week’s drop of 41,000.

Source: Associated Press

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