The Labor Department released a report on Thursday unexpectedly showing a modest drop in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended December 25th.
The report said initial jobless claims dipped to 198,000, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level of 206,000.
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