Unemployment Claims Jump Unexpectedly, Stocks Crash

"It was the first gain in five weeks and the biggest increase in a 40,000 increase in February. Applications for unemployment benefits rose to 471,000 weeks ago, to 25,000 the previous week, the Labor Department announced Thursday. He also pushed the average of the last four weeks 453 500. The total is the highest since 480,000 new claims have reached April 10.


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