( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “of September 7.” The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in four months last week. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 26s Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam Out-cue: of September 7] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered largely representative of layoffs. […]
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Weekly applications for US jobless benefits fall
( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “of September 7.”
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in four months last week.
[CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam.mp3
Time: 26s
Title: JOBLESS-CLAIMS-house-q-THUam
Out-cue: of September 7]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered largely representative of layoffs.
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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 219,000 for the week of September 14. That’s below analyst forecasts of 230,000 new filings. The four-week average of claims fell by 3,500 to 227,500. The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits fell by 14,000 to about 1.83 million for the week of September 7.