US New Unemployment Claims at 880,000... Reentering Below 1 Million
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[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The number of new jobless claims in the United States has fallen below 1 million again.
On the 3rd (local time), the U.S. Department of Labor reported that new unemployment benefit claims for the week of August 23-29 totaled 881,000.
After recording over 1 million claims for two consecutive weeks, the number dropped below 1 million for the first time in three weeks. This is a decrease of 130,000 claims compared to the previous week.
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Bloomberg's compiled expert forecast was 950,000 claims, so the employment recovery trend performed better than market expectations.
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