A day ahead of the release of the more closely watched monthly jobs report, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits pulled back by more than expected in the week ended November 26th.
The report said initial jobless claims fell to 225,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's revised level of 241,000.
Economists had expected jobless claims to edge down to 235,000 from the 240,000 originally reported for the previous week.
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