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Jobless Claims Decline

The Labor Department says first-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits have hit their lowest mark of the year. 326 thousand people filed claims last week, 19 thousand fewer than the previous week. The four-week average of claims fell by 45-hundred to more than 341 thousand. The department says claims in Ohio fell by nearly 2 thousand last week due to fewer layoffs in manufacturing. Ohio is 12th among the states reporting declines for last week.

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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