Stories Related to Jobless Claims Rise But Labor Market Healing

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Thu, 12/29/2011 - 8:42am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, a government report showed on Thursday, but the underlying trend continued to point to improving labor market conditions.

Senh: Bad news, good news. I think overall, it's good news to know that the labor market is healing, despite an uptick in jobless claims.

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