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The number of American filing for jobless claims falls to lowest level in 6 months

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( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “with analysts’ expectations.”

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in six months last week as layoffs remain at relatively healthy levels.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.

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VERBATIM: The Labor Department reports jobless claim applications fell by 4,000 to 217,000 for the week of November 9. That’s less than the 225,000 analysts forecast. Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, fell to 1.87 million for the week of November 2, in line with analysts’ expectations.

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