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US Initial Jobless Claims Eased Last Week, State Data Suggest
A jobseeker at an internship and job fair in Boone, North Carolina.
Photographer: Allison Joyce/BloombergApplications for US unemployment benefits edged lower last week, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of unadjusted state-level filings.
Initial claims decreased to about 226,000 in the week ended Nov. 8 from 228,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department data suggest.