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August 20, 2009
The number of U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance rose 2.7% to 576,000 in the week ended Aug. 15 from the previous week's revised number of 561,000, the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The four-week moving average of claims rose 0.8% to 570,000 from the previous week's revised average of 565,750.