Initial Jobless Claims Decline Marginally
October 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM EDT
The Labor Department reports that the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell in the week ending Oct. 16. The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 452,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 475,000 [revised up from 462,000]. The 4-week moving average of initial [...]