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8:29am 12/09/04 U.S. WEEKLY JOBLESS CLAIMS UP 8,000 TO 357,000
8:29am 12/09/04 U.S. 4-WK AVG. JOBLESS CLAIMS UP 4,750 TO 341,250
8:29am 12/09/04 U.S. NOV. IMPORT PRICES UP 0.2% VS FORECAST UNCHANGED
8:29am 12/09/04 U.S. NOV. OIL IMPORT PRICES DOWN 2.6%
8:29am 12/09/04 U.S. NOV. NON-OIL IMPORT PRICES UP 0.7%

ECONOMIC REPORT: Jobless claims higher than expected; Four-week moving average up 4,750 to 341,250
By Corbett B. Daly, CBS MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:40 AM ET Dec. 9, 2004

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The number of people filing for state unemployment benefits for the first time unexpectedly rose 8,000 to 357,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Economists polled by CBS MarketWatch had forecast claims would fall to 334,000.

The four-week moving average of new claims rose by 4,750 to 341,250.

In the previous week, jobless claims rose an unrevised 25,000 to 349,000.The insured unemployment rate rose slightly to 2.2 percent from the previous week's revised 2.1 percent.

The number of former workers continuing to receive state unemployment benefits rose by 91,000 to 2.8 million in the week ended Dec. 4.

The four-week average of continuing claims fell by 3,000 to 2.76 million, the lowest level since May 2001.

In a separate report, the Labor Department said the prices of goods imported into the United States rose just 0.2 percent in November.

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Dados EUA: Import Price Index 0.2% (esp. 0%); Initial Jobless Claims 357K (esp. 335K); Continuing Claims 2796K (esp. 2.746K)

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