U.S. jobless claims barely changed in latest week

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of Americans who filed requests for jobless benefits fell by 2,000 last week to 387,000, indicating little change in labor-market conditions. Claims from two weeks ago were revised up to 389,000 from 386,000, according to U.S. Labor Department data. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had projected claims would fall to a seasonally adjusted 385,000 in the week ended June 16. The average of new claims over the past four weeks, meanwhile, climbed by 3,500 to 386,250, marking the highest level in almost seven months. Continuing claims were unchanged at a seasonally adjusted 3.30 million in the week ended June 9, the Labor Department said. Continuing claims are reported with a one-week lag. About 5.83 million people received some kind of state or federal benefit in the week ended June 2, down 1,164 from the prior week. Total claims are reported with a two-week lag.


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