U.S. Jobless Claims Edge Up

Dec. 8, 2005
For the week ending Dec. 3, initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled a seasonally adjusted 327,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 321,000, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Dec. 8. The department's ...

For the week ending Dec. 3, initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled a seasonally adjusted 327,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 321,000, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Dec. 8.

The department's four-week moving average of initial claims, considered by many economists to be a better indication of underlying labor market conditions because it smooths out week-to-week changes, was 322,500, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's revised average of 322,750.

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