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Jobless claims jump by 35,000

May 01, 2008

In the week ended April 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims was 380,000, an increase of 35,000, or 10.1%, from the previous week's revised figure of 345,000. The four-week moving average was 363,750, a decrease of 6,500 from the previous week's revised average of 370,250.