Jobless Claims in U.S. Decrease for First Time in Four Weeks
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall 15,000 Following Month of Gains
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Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits declined last week for the first time in a month, heading back toward the lowest levels in more than a decade and signaling firings remain muted.
Jobless claims fell 15,000 to 281,000 in the week ended July 11 from a revised 296,000 in the prior period, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington. The median forecast of 46 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for 285,000.