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U.S. initial jobless claims record slight increase

Xinhua, April 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week increased a little bit, but the whole job market kept upward.

In the week ending April 18, the advance figure of seasonally adjusted initial claims for jobless benefits rose to 295,000, 1,000 more than the revised level of the previous week, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday.

Meanwhile, the four-week moving average, which helps smooth out week-to-week volatility, edged up by 1,750 to 284,500 last week.

The advance figure of seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending April 11 increased 50,000 from the previous week to 2,325,000.

The U.S. economy added 126,000 jobs in March, while the unemployment rate was steady at 5.5 percent, the Labor Department reported earlier this month. Endi