India, Sept. 10 -- The Labor Department released a report on Thursday unexpectedly showing a slight dip in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended September 5th.
The report said initial jobless claims edged down to 206,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's revised level of 207,000.
Economists had expected jobless claims to inch up to 208,000 from the 206,000 originally reported for the previous week.
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