Jobless Claims Near Four-Decade Low Ahead of U.S. Payrolls Data
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 249,000 Ahead of Sept. Data
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Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to the second-lowest level since 1973, as employers show scant willingness to fire workers amid a tightening labor market.
Jobless claims dropped by 5,000 to 249,000 in the week ended Oct. 1, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey called for 256,000. Continuing claims declined to the lowest level since 2000.