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Applications for jobless benefits inch down, remain at healthy levels

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( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the previous week.”

Slightly fewer Americans applied for jobless claims last week.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.

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VERBATIM: The Labor Department reports applications for unemployment benefits fell by 3,000 to 217,000 for the week ending November 4th. The four-week moving average of claims meanwhile, inched up by 1,500 to 212,250. Overall, 1.83 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended October 28, about 22,000 more than the previous week.

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