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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (667394)	1/6/2005 7:37:34 PM
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U.S. jobless claims surge to 364,000 Four-week average of new claims steady at 330,000 By Rex Nutting, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 8:49 AM ET Jan. 6, 2005 cbs.marketwatch.com{09FE6790-7CD6-498E-825C-B7316A123721}&siteid=mktw WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped by 43,000 to 364,000 last week, the highest since September, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It was the biggest increase in nearly three years. However, a Labor Department official once again encouraged users of the data to look at the less-volatile, more-informative four-week moving average of new claims, which rose by 750 to 333,000.