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US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 885K

There were 885,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending December 12th, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday.

This reading followed last week’s print of 862,000 and missed the market expectation of 800,000 by a wide margin.

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