TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
First-time claims for unemployment
benefits are down after spiking for three weeks after Hurricane Sandy.
The labor department reported that
370,000 people filed initial jobless claims last week. That's down 25,000 people compared to
the previous week.
Claims went up in mid- November, after Superstorm Sandy put many workers temporarily out of a job.
But now the weekly figures are back around
levels consistent with modest hiring.
Tomorrow the monthly jobs report comes out.
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