Weekly jobless claims fall to 269,000

Photo by: U.S. Department of State
Photo by: U.S. Department of State

(Washington, DC) -- First-time claims for unemployment benefits fell again last week.  

Thursday morning's report by the Labor Department shows 269-thousand Americans filed initial jobless claims last week. That's 14-thousand fewer than the week before and the lowest total in 20 months.  

Most economists had forecast Thursday's number coming in at right around 275-thousand.

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