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A "Now Hiring" motion is displayed successful nan model of a edifice successful nan Tenlytown vicinity of Washington D.C. connected August 12, 2010. Those filing for first-time unemployment claims past week held steady, according to nan Labor Department. File Photo by Alexis C. Glenn/UPI | License Photo
May 2 (UPI) -- U.S. residents filing for first-time unemployment benefits held dependable astatine a seasonally-adjusted 208,000 past week, equaling nan revised full of nan week before, nan Labor Department announced connected Thursday.
First-time unemployment filings, a snapshot into nan stableness of nan country's workforce, were initially announced astatine 207,000 for nan week ending April 20 but was revised up by 1,000 by researchers.
The 208,000 fig is nan fewest number of first claims for unemployment security since nan week ending February 17, erstwhile 200,000 revenge for first-time claims.
The four-week moving mean for first-time unemployment security filings was 210,000, a alteration of 3,500 from nan mean of nan erstwhile week.
The Labor Department said nan wide full of U.S. residents filing for unemployment benefits for nan week ending April 20 was a seasonally-adjusted 1.774 million, unchanged from nan erstwhile week's total, which was revised down 7,000.
The four-week moving mean for full unemployment claims fell 3,750 to 1,788,750, nan section said.
