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US applications for jobless benefits rise last week but remain at low levels

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( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “of November 23.”

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.

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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says jobless claim applications rose by 9,000 to 224,000 for the week of November 30. Despite the increase, the number of claims remains at historically healthy levels. Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, fell by 25,000 to 1.87 million for the week of November 23.

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