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NAT054 – (US-Unemployment-Benefits)
UNDATED. x–20s. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remained at historically low levels. A-B-C’s Jim Ryan has the latest from the U-S Labor Department.
(“..end of June.”) (SOURCE:ABC)

TAG: In total, 1.79 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits during the week that ended May 11th. That’s from up eight-thousand from the previous week and 84-thousand more than the same time one year ago.

The Canadian Press broadcast team, ABC