India, Aug. 20 -- The Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits expectedly declined in the week ended August 15th.
The report said initial jobless claims fell to 206,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level of 212,000.
Economists had expected jobless claims to inch up to 211,000 from the 209,000 originally reported for the previous week.
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