December 3, 2009
First-Time Jobless Claims Down Slightly
By Matthew L. Brown
In the week ending Nov. 28, 457,000 Americans filed claims for unemployment insurance benefits, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
That's a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 462,000. The 4-week moving average was 481,250, a decrease of 14,250 from the previous week.
The insured unemployment rate was 4.1 percent for the week ending Nov. 21, unchanged from the prior week.
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