WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer people sought unemployment benefits last week, an encouraging sign the job market may be slowly improving.
The Labor Department says that weekly applications dropped 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 405,000, the lowest level in almost three months.
The government says the total was increased by 11,500 state workers from Minnesota, who have filed applications because of that state's government shutdown.
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