The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 289,000 for the week ended 13 December, the Labor Department said.
The four-week moving average of claims, considered a better measure of labor market trends as it irons out week-to-week volatility, slipped by 750 to 298,750.
Continuing claims declined to 2.37 million from a revised 2.52 million in the preceding week.
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