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Unemployment Claims Rise

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Unexpected increase to 385,000.

About 385,000 Americans filed for new unemployment claims last week—a sharp increase from last week's total and higher than expectations. The number, coming a day before the March employment report, suggests that the sequester and other factors may be taking a bit out of the recovering labor market.

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