(RTTNews) - First time claims for unemployment benefits continued to decrease in the week ended July 11th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday, with initial jobless claims falling by more than economists had been expecting.

The report showed that jobless claims fell to 522,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 569,000. Economists had been expecting jobless claims to fall to about 530,000 from the 565,000 originally reported for the previous week.

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