Thursday, July 19, 2007

WRAPUP 1-U.S. jobless claims, leading index fall

(Reuters) - First-time claims for state unemployment benefits fell to
301,000 in the week ended July 14 from an upwardly revised
309,000 claims the prior week, the Labor Department said.
Economists had expected them to rise slightly.




It was the second consecutive weekly decline and took
initial claims to their lowest level since mid-May.


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