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December 19, 2025

Jobless claims fell by 13,000 last week

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 13,000 last week, remaining in the same historically healthy range of the past few years even as concerns grow about the health of the labor market.

The number of Americans applying for jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 13 declined by 13,000 to 224,000 from the previous week's 237,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That's more than analysts' forecast of 200,000 new applications.


 
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