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Weekly Jobless Claims Climb to 320K

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GETTY 32014 UnemployApp?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1395319677175glegorly/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims took a turn last week, climbing to 320,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday morning.

For the week ending March 15, the number of people filing for benefits rose by 5,000. The previous week, claims stood at 315,000.

The four-week average, meanwhile, went down, decreasing by 3,500 to 327,000.

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