( ) -q-20- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to 236-thousand, 500.” Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 20s Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: to 236-thousand, 500] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, declined by 26,000 to 1.86 million for the week of October […]
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US applications for jobless benefits fall as layoffs remain at healthy levels
( ) -q-20- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to 236-thousand, 500.”
Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, declined by 26,000 to 1.86 million for the week of October 19.
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The Labor Department reports jobless claim applications fell by 12,000 to 216,000 for the week of October 26. That’s fewer than the 227,000 analysts forecast. The four-week average of weekly claims fell by 2,250 to 236,500.