Applications for initial claims for unemployment compensation fall to five-year low, 326,000

... than anybody thought we'd be seeing this time of year," said Guy Berger, an economist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut, noting the claims data are affected by auto plant shutdowns that have occurred on a smaller scale this year. ...

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