WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- First-time U.S. jobless benefit claims fell last week by 11,000 to 302,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Economists were looking for an increase of about 1,000 claims to approximately 314,000.
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The four-week moving average was 303,500, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised 4-week average of 297,500.