Jobless Claims in U.S. Decreased 20,000 Last Week
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Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell for the first time in three weeks as employers retained workers to meet demand.
Jobless claims dropped by 20,000 to 331,000 in the period ended Feb. 1, the Labor Department reported today in Washington. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a decrease to 335,000.