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Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 311,000

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GETTY 32714 Unemployment?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1395923959617glegorly/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims reversed course last week, falling closer to 300,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday morning.

For the week ending March 22, the number of people filing for benefits dropped by 10,000 to 311,000. The previous week, claims stood at 321,000 — an upward revision of 1,000.

The four-week average also went down, decreasing by 9,500 to 317,750.

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