US jobless claims drop, signaling labor market gains

... "Fundamentally, we are getting on a little better footing right now," said Omair Sharif, an economist at RBS in Stamford, Connecticut. Initial claims for state jobless aid fell 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, the Labor Department said. It ...



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