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April 02, 2009
The number of U.S. initial claims for unemployment benefits rose 1.8% to 669,000 in the week ended March 28 from the previous week's revised number of 657,000, the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The four-week moving average of claims rose 1.0% to 656,750 from the previous week's revised average of 650,250.