Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits were unchanged at 884,000 for the week ended September 5 from the week ended on August 29, the Labor Department reported this morning. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected the total wold drop to 850,000 new claims for the week. Continuing claims, the total number of workers claiming ongoing […]


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