[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.



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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