New claims for unemployment in regular state programs fell to 787,000 last week. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had been expecting 875,000 for the week ended October 17. The total showed a drop of 55,000 from the revised figure of 842,000 for the prior week. The weekly figure was the lowest total since October 3 and the […]


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