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Decline In Weekly Jobless Claims

The Labor Department says the number of Ohioans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits fell by nearly 55 hundred last week, due to fewer layoffs in manufacturing, transportation, and retail. Ohio had the fourth-largest decline of the 50 states. Nationally, claims fell by 2 thousand last week to a seasonally adjusted 326 thousand. The department says applications appear to have stabilized near pre-Great Recession levels.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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