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Initial Claims: Could Have Been Better

Posted May 17, 2012 by Editor

[private]Weekly initial claims run mildly higher than expected, holding steady (Consensus and Decision Economics: -2,000) at  a prior-week level revised up by 3,000.  The new figure covered the last of four weeks in payroll May, and at 370,000 put the monthly average at 375,000–all but flat compared to the 376,000 seen in payroll April.

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