India, July 9 -- The Labor Department released a report on Thursday unexpectedly showing a modest decrease in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended July 4th.
The report said initial jobless claims edged down to 215,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level of 217,000.
Economists had expected jobless claims to rise to 219,000 from the 215,000 originally reported for the previous week.
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