Initial jobless claims fell by 14,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
The decline to 374,000 claims was below economists’ forecasts of 385,000, Bloomberg reported.
The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, fell to 385,750, Labor said.
The number of people receiving continuous jobless benefits rose 5,000 to 3.31 million for the previous week ended June 23.
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