( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the previous week.” Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 25s Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: the previous week] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————– VERBATIM: The Labor Department reports applications for jobless claims fell by 9,000 to 228,000 for the week ending July 15th. […]
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US jobless claims fall again as labor market continues to flash strength
( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the previous week.”
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week.
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VERBATIM: The Labor Department reports applications for jobless claims fell by 9,000 to 228,000 for the week ending July 15th. The four-week moving average of claims, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, fell by 9,250 to 237,500. Overall, 1.75 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended July 8th, about 33,000 more than the previous week.