With the more closely watched monthly jobs report looming, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday unexpectedly showing a slight decrease in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended August 26th.
The report said initial jobless claims edged down to 228,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level of 232,000.
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