Jobless Claims Rise for Week

April 27, 2006 8:40 AM, EDT

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he number of U.S. workers filing initial unemployment claims rose by 11,000 to 315,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The level exceeded economists’ forecast of a rise to 305,000, Bloomberg reported.

The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure, rose to 308,500.

Continuing jobless claims for the previous week ended April 15 rose to 2.449 million from 2.432 million.