The week prior saw 250,000 claims, the highest level reported by the Labor Department in 51 weeks.
Jobless claims from the week of Aug. 3 also came in below economists’ estimates of 240,000. The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits stood at 1.88 million, essentially flat from the prior week.
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