Economy

Computer upgrades cut US jobless claims to 292K

By Christopher Rugaber
Published September 12, 2013 1:13pm ET
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Computer upgrades cut US jobless claims to 292K
FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, file photo, Applicants listen to a speaker's bull horn instructions for attending a combined Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Harlem Week job and career fair at Columbia University in New York. The Labor Department reports the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits for the second week of September on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) | Bebeto Matthews

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plummeted last week 31,000 to a seasonally adjusted 292,000. But the drop was mostly because of technical issues in two states that delayed the processing of applications.

The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile four-week average fell to 321,250, the lowest in six years.

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