With the more closely watched monthly jobs report looming, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing an unexpected decline by first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended October 26th.
The report said initial jobless claims fell to 216,000, a decrease of 12,000 from the previous week's revised level of 228,000.
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