( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “a given week.” The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell again last week. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 26s Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: a given week] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ——————————– VERBATIM: The Labor Department says applications for jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 237,000 for the […]
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US applications for jobless benefits fall again as labor market continues to defy the Fed actions
( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “a given week.”
The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell again last week.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says applications for jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 237,000 for the week ending July 8th as the labor market continues defy the Federal Reserve’s attempt to cool it by raising interest rates. The four-week moving average of claims fell by 6,750 to 246,750. Jobless claim applications are seen as a proxy for the number of layoffs in a given week.