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• Initial Claims Beat Expectations Jobless Claims Drop By 15,000

  thewall.com | 3:32 pm Feb 9, 2012

  • The number of Americans who filed first-time claims for jobless benefits dipped to 358,000 last week, from a revised 373,000 from the week before, the Employment and Training Administration just reported
  • The "four-week moving average" number of claims was "366,250,and a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week's revised average of 377,250."
  • There have been several signs in recent weeks and months that the labor market is beginning to improve that the nation's jobless rate fell to 8.3 percent in January

• Jobless claims drop to almost a four-year low

  msn.com | 4:49 pm Feb 9, 2012

  The U.S. labor market got another jolt of good news Thursday when the government reported new claims for jobless benefits dropped to almost the lowest they have been in four years. The Labor Department said seasonally adjusted claims dropped by 15,000 to…

• Jobless Claims Near 4-Year Low As Hiring Picks Up

  npr.org | 4:49 pm Feb 9, 2012

  The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid neared a four-year low last week, an encouraging sign that strong hiring could continue in the coming months. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment benefits fell 15,000…

• MORE GOOD NEWS: Initial Claims Beat Expectations, Falling To 358K

  businessinsider.com | 2:41 pm Feb 9, 2012

  Initial jobless claims fell to 358K from a revised 373K last week. The one big economic datapoint of the day: Analysts expect weekly jobless claims to hit 370K, a slight tick up from last week's 367K. In general, anything in this range should be fine with…

• Jobless Claims Drop By 15,000

  npr.org | 2:41 pm Feb 9, 2012

  The number of Americans who filed first-time claims for jobless benefits dipped to 358,000 last week, down by 15,000 from a revised 373,000 from the week before, the Employment and Training Administration just reported. The "four-week moving average"…

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