A day ahead of the release of the closely watched monthly jobs report, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing a modest decrease in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended August 28th.
The report said initial jobless claims dipped to 340,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week's revised level of 354,000.
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