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US jobless claims fall for 3rd straight week as economy strengthens

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WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell for a third straight time last week, the latest sign that employers are laying off fewer people as they struggle to fill a record number of open jobs and meet a surge in consumer demand.Thursday's report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell for a third straight week to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week.

The number of applications has fallen steadily since topping 900,000 in early January as the economy has increasingly reopened in the aftermath of the pandemic recession.Filings for unemployment benefits have traditionally been seen as a real-time gauge of the job market's health, but the measure's reliability has deteriorated during the.

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