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 by first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended November 30th.
The report said initial jobless claims rose to 224,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level of 215,000.
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