U.S. jobless claims fall to 3-year low By Rex Nutting
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The number of U.S. workers filing for state unemployment benefits fell to a three-year low last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average of initial claims dropped by 2,000 to 344,000, the lowest since the week of Jan. 27, 2001. The number of claims in the week ending March 13 fell 6,000 to 336,000, the lowest since the week of Jan. 13, 2001. The number of workers claiming the state benefits rose by 47,000 in the week ending March 6 to 3.06 million. The four-week average of continuing claims dropped 15,000 to 3.06 million, the lowest since August 2001
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