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WASHINGTON (AP) - Applications for unemployment benefits, after hitting a two-month high, edged down slightly last week, signaling that the labor market remains generally healthy.
The number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits totaled 339,000 last week, a drop of 4,000 from the previous week when claims had surged.
The big increase in claims for the week ending April 7 had been discounted as more related to trouble adjusting the data for the Easter holiday than to any fundamental weakness in the labor market.
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