Thursday, November 12, 2009

Number of applications for unemployment benefits in the United States fell to 502 thousand

Number of primary applications for unemployment insurance in the U.S. declined for the week to November 7 to 12 thousand to 502 thousand rate is at record low level since early January.
Economists had expected reduction in the number of applications for unemployment benefits up to 510 thousand.
The Average value of the index over the past four weeks fell by 4.5 thousand tons to 519.75 .
The number of Americans continuing to receive unemployment benefits decreased by 139 thousand to 5, 63 million people. This indicator was at its lowest level since March this year.

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