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After reporting an unexpected increase in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the previous week, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing a pullback in initial jobless claims in the week ended November 18th.
The report said initial jobless claims fell to 239,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week's revised level of 252,000.
Economists had expected jobless claims to drop to 240,000 from the 249,000 originally reported for the previous week.
