US Initial Jobless Claims Slightly Decrease to 860,000 Cases
[Asia Economy Reporter Seong Giho] The U.S. Department of Labor announced on the 17th (local time) that the number of new unemployment benefit claims for the previous week (September 6?12) was recorded at 860,000.
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This figure is more than 30,000 less than the 893,000 claims from the previous week. Additionally, it marked the third consecutive week with fewer than 1 million claims. This result was also below experts' expectations of 875,000 claims.
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