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Jobless claims rise 17,000

April 17, 2008

In the week ended April 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims was 372,000, an increase of 17,000, or 4.8%, from the previous week's revised figure of 355,000. The four-week moving average was 376,000, a decrease of 750 from the previous week's revised average of 376,750.