A day ahead of the release of the more closely watched monthly jobs report, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing a modest increase in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended July 1st.
The report said initial jobless claims rose to 248,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous week's revised level of 236,000.
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