Jobless Claims Fall to Two-Month Low

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Initial jobless claims fell to a two-month low of 450,000, confounding analyst expectations.

Jobless claims dipped 3,000 in the week ending Sept. 11, the Department of Labor said. The revised figure for the previous week was 453,000.

Analysts polled by Reuters forecast claims rising to 460,000.

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Jobless Claims Fall to Two-Month Low originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:37:00.

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