"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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First-time unemployment claims for the first full week of February were
at 363,000, more than the 345,000 expected by Wall Street and 6,000
higher than the previous week.

As Paul Harvey says..."and now, for the rest of the story":

Other numbers suggested a mild improvement in the jobs market. The number of
workers drawing unemployment benefits for more than a week fell by 23,000 to
a 2.5-year low of not quite 3,100,000.