[World Business, Section W.] First-Time Jobless Claims Increase First-time claims for unemployment insurance rose by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 439,000 last week, surprising economists on Wall Street who had expected claims to decline.
More timely indicators such as first-time claims for unemployment benefits and the stock market show, if anything, an increase in momentum.
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First-time claims for jobless benefits declined slightly last week.
The Labor Department said first-time claims dropped by 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 442,000.
Last week was the fifth in a row that first-time claims stayed below 400,000.
The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week.
First-time claims for state unemployment benefits rose 6,000, to 284,000, last week, the Labor Department said today.
