While the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing a continued decline in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended May 9th, the number of new claims still came in well above economist estimates.
The report said initial jobless claims fell to 2.981 million, a decrease of 195,000 from the previous week's revised level of 3.176 million.
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