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Hot Air » Initial jobless claims increase again - more than 584,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits

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Friday, July 31, 2009 1:07:37 AM GMT Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:13:44 PM GMT

Put away the streamers and stop the chorus from singing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” at least for a while. Bloomberg reports that initial jobless claims rose again last week by 25,000 as more that 584,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the first time. While the four-week average of initial jobless claims dropped, this increase hints at continued escalation of the national unemployment rate

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tags: Economy

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