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Weekly applications for US jobless aid tick up from 5-month low

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( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “market and economy.”

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose slightly last week but remained at a historically low level.

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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says applications for jobless aid rose 6,000 to 227,000 for the week ending July 29. The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure, fell 5,500 to 228,250. Te latest report comes just a day before the July jobs report will be released, which will provide a broader and more detailed look at the labor market and economy.

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