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Applications for US jobless aid up

Friday, May 22, 2015

Associated Press

WASHINGTON

More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, though the number of applications remains at a historically low level that is consistent with a healthy job market.

The Labor Department says weekly applications increased 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 274,000. The four-week average, a less volatile figure, fell to a fresh 15-year low of 266,250.