Initial claims for unemployment fell by 60,000 for the week ended June 20 to 1.48 million, the Labor Department reported today. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected a bigger drop to 1.32 million claims. The week's new claims figure was down from a drop of 1.54 million in the prior week. This week's data follow […]


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