Total unemployment benefit claims fall to lowest level since 2000

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New applications for unemployment insurance benefits dropped to 258,000 in the week that ended Saturday, the Department of Labor reported Thursday, down from 260,000 the week before.

That drop in jobless claims was mostly in line with private-sector forecasters’ expectations for 255,000.

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