WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The number of initial jobless claims in the United States fell to 712,000 last week, after rising for two consecutive weeks amid surging COVID-19 cases, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
In the week ending Nov. 28, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits decreased by 75,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of 787,000, according to a report released by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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