Continuing claims, which run a week behind the headline number, totaled 1.437 million, an increase of 7,000.
In other economic news, the Philadelphia Fed reported that its monthly manufacturing survey for August rose to a reading of 6.2 Initial filings for unemployment benefits declined slightly last week though they were consistent with a drift higher in layoffs that began in the spring, theThe four-week moving average for claims, which helps smooth out weekly volatility, also fell by 2,750 to 246,750.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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