New Jobless Claims Edge Lower

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The number of Americans making new claims for jobless benefits fell 4,000 last week, the government said on Thursday in a report that suggested the job market remains healthy.


Initial jobless claims fell to 315,000 in the week ended Aug. 20 from an upwardly revised 319,000 in the prior week. That was well below the 342,000 recorded for the same period a year earlier, the Labor Department said.


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