February 12, 2009
First-Time Jobless Claims Down 8K
By Matthew L. Brown
In the week ending Feb. 7, 623,000 Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits for the first time, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
That's a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 631,000. The 4-week moving average was 607,500, an increase of 24,000 from the previous week.
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