Initial unemployment claims fall to lowest level in four and a half years

According to data released this morning by the United States Department of Labor , for the week ending December 22nd, initial claims for Unemployment Insurance benefits dropped by 12,000 from the previous week's revised total of 362,000. The previous week's total was revised upward by 1,000 more new applications than had been previously reported.

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