Friday, March 26, 2010

Number of applications for unemployment benefits in the United States dropped to 442 thousand


Number of primary applications for unemployment insurance in the U.S. declined for the third time in four weeks. Nevertheless, experts are still negative assessments of the situation on the labor market.
Number of applications for unemployment benefits fell for the week to March 20 to 14 thousand to 442 thousand
The average value of the index for the period in the past four weeks fell by 11 thousand to 453.75 thousand
At the same time, the number of Americans continuing to receive unemployment benefits decreased by one week to March 13 to 54 thousand to 4.65 million.

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