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Forecasters had expected new claims to edge above 300,000. The last time that claims hit the 300,000 mark was at the end of February 2015. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
Economy

Two-and-a-half year streak intact as jobless claims plummet to 259,000

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After spiking the week after Hurricane Harvey hit, forecasters had expected the number to drift further up to above 300,000. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Economy

Two-and-a-half year jobless claims streak intact despite Hurricane Harvey

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A former Texas senator says former President Barack Obama is to blame for reducing U.S. economic growth to less than 3 percent annually, and said failing to return to that level of growth could kill off the American Dream. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Economy

Phil Gramm blames Obama for the end of 3 percent growth

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Postal worker Lonzell Rector makes his rounds among flood damaged debris from homes that lines the street in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Economy

Analysts: Hurricane Harvey could slow economic growth by full percentage point

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Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said the employment numbers for August showed
Economy

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta: Jobs numbers show ‘strength and optimism’

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The month's job growth fell shy of economist's expectations, which were for 180,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Economy

Economy adds 156,000 jobs in August, unemployment ticks up to 4.4 percent

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If France is to escape its current economic malaise it must confront the source of that problem. Finally, a French president is now doing so.
Beltway Confidential

Emmanuel Macron drags France towards labor reform

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Economists had expected unemployment claims to inch up to 237,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Economy

Jobless claims inch up to 236,000, remain near historic lows

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On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits a week earlier. Economists had expected a slight dip in jobless claims to 240,000. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
Economy

Jobless claims plunge to 232,000, lowest in almost six months

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Forecasters had expected jobless claims not to rise much above the previous week's very low level of 240,000. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Economy

Jobless claims inch up to 244,000, economy extends best hot streak in 43 years

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