Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall to Eight-Week Low Amid Holidays
Weekly U.S. Jobless Claims Decline to 235,000
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Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits declined to the lowest level in eight weeks, showing volatility typical around the holiday period.
Jobless claims dropped by 28,000 to 235,000 in the week ended Dec. 31, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington. The median projection of economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for 260,000.